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Esa
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Review: Recently, Esa Williams has done a good job in stepping out of the shadow of regular Auntie Flo collaborator Brian D'Souza. Here he furthers his solo career via a fine EP on much-loved Dutch imprint Dekmantel. He begins with the deliciously angular and fuzzy "Blast", a joint production with Notch Beats that wraps Pendo Zawose's exotic, drifting vocals around razy sharp electronic motifs and shuffling, 108 BPM afro-house beats. Kenyan vocalist Abakisimba lends a hand on the warm and fluid East African deep house lusciousness of "Rift Valley", before Williams rounds things off via the house tempo Detroit techno positivity of "Rent-a-Disc".
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DKMNTL 047
26 May 17
Deep House
26 May 17
Deep House
Various
ESA - "Be Still & I Shall Tell You Why" (feat Nana Ana Frimpong - extended Club mix) - (7:30) 138 BPM
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BCAT 003
25 Mar 16
Coldwave/Synth
25 Mar 16
Coldwave/Synth
Played by: Mike O'Mara
Review: Highlife man and Auntie Flo collaborator Esa Williams has decided to co-credit this surprise outing on Local Talk to his little used deep house alias, Mervin Granger. While the booming, bass-heavy, tech-tinged deep house roughness of "MVK" that will get most attention, it's opener "Bontas (Live Mix)" that really floats our boat. It takes a similar approach, but has a looser swing and benefits greatly from some live guitars, keys and bass. BBE regular Bodhi Satva provides the obligatory remixes, turning "MVK" into a rubbery chunk of Afro-influenced tech-soul/deep house fusion on the superb "Ancestral Soul Remix". For a lighter, even sunnier vibe, check the delicious piano solos and breezy beats of his "Thump Remix".
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LT 061
17 Jul 15
Deep House
17 Jul 15
Deep House
Played by: Jad & The
Review: Early in 2014, Highlife regulars Auntie Flo and Esa traveled to Cuba to play at the country's biggest music festival. While there, they hooked up with a string of local vocalists and musicians to lay down the first installment of Highlife's World Series. Predictably, it's something of a triumph, with both artists gleefully joining the dots between Afro-influenced drum machine rhythms, traditional Cuban instrumentation and the kind of skewed synths that are such a feature of their work. Auntie Flo's effort is a 13-minute epic featuring the rambling vocals of Eric Eleindro and some snaking trumpet action. It's Esa who steals the show, though, with a dreamy, Balearic-minded cut that sounds like a contemporary update of Hugh Masekela's mid 1980s work.
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HGHLFWS 01
23 Mar 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
23 Mar 15
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: It's great to hear some good old-fashioned deep house again. In recent years, the genre has been nearly strangled to death by its obsession with the smooth clicks and grooves of post-minimal Berlin. After disappearing down that alley, producers are now looking back to Chicago and New York for inspiration. This is where "I Stole Some Thunder" comes in. All four mixes offer something different. There's the snappy Chi-town swing of the original, the hissing cymbals and relentless kicks of Resurface's Detroitian rework and some bumpin' 90s New York grooves from Ooft. Even the most European of all the mixes - MG's Phonique-ish Deep Dub - still boasts classic Chicagoan percussion.
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DIS 001
06 Dec 10
Deep House
06 Dec 10
Deep House
