Review: Criminally overlooked in his lifetime, the late, great Dana Kelley AKA DKMA is finally getting the props he deserves. That's all down to Guidance's 'Boston Boy' series of retrospective compilations, which feature tracks lifted from his archives of unreleased productions. His atmospheric, heady take on deep house is as alluring as ever on this third volume in the series, with highlights including the starry, shuffling, loose-limbed warmth of opener 'Savages', the dense, tribal-influenced deep house hedonism of 'Deconstruct', the raw, sub-heavy techno of 'Wolfen' and the jazzy and boompty-influenced bounce of 'Twilight'. We'd also recommend the deeply hazy, dubbed-out wonder that is 'Luv 'n' Pain', where echoing chords and deep sub-bass provide a platform for all manner of percussive insanity.
Review: Before he passed away in 2013, Dana Kelley released countless quality deep house records, mainly as DKMA. Boston Boy Volume 1, the first of a series of compilations of his work, is an attempt to secure and celebrate his legacy, with Guidance Recordings' mining an archive of over 20 DATs featuring material recorded during his most productive phase in the late '90s and early 2000s. There's much to enjoy throughout, from the chunky, bass-driven brilliance of 'Spin Hands' - all hard, crunchy drums, ghostly chords and starlight synth sounds - and the woozy early morning skip of minimalist deep house gem 'Soul', to the hypnotic, locked-in wonder of 'Next To You' and the ultra-deep, tech-tinged headiness of 'Blow It Up'.
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