Adryiano - "Me And You And Her" (Pitto's Groove Your Body remix) - (6:53) 120 BPM
Pitto - "You Treat Me Like A Fool" (Kassian remix) - (5:42) 124 BPM
Dam Swindle - "Cut U Loose" (Adryiano remix) - (8:11) 126 BPM
Alma Negra - "This Is The Place" (Hugo Mari remix) - (5:25) 122 BPM
Review: Heist's annual "Round Up" release, in which label artists remix each other, is becoming something of a tradition. This fifth volume is, of course, every bit as essential as its predecessors. All six tracks hit the spot, though we're particularly enjoying the bumpin', bass-heavy and driving take on Hugo Mari's deep and bluesy "Change Ur Ways" by label chiefs Detroit Swindle, not to mention Adriyano's effortlessly celebratory and swinging revision of the Swindlers' own "Cut U Loose". Elsewhere, Hugo Mari brilliantly joins the dots between tribal house and tactile, loved-up grooves on a stellar rework of Alma Negra's "This Is The Place", while the Kassian revision of Pitto's "You Treat Me Like A Fool" sounds like a 21st century update of Todd Edwards' legendary remix of St Germain's "Alabama Blues".
Get Loose (Kai Alce NDATL mix feat Zodiac) - (6:29) 124 BPM
Get Loose (Kai Alce NDATL instrumental feat Zodiac) - (6:28) 124 BPM
Review: Having previously impressed under the Books alias via quality EPs on Omena and XVI, Hugo Mari pops up on Heist Recordings under his given name. The resultant five-tracl EP is something of a blockbuster, with Mari delivering a perfectly pitched chunk of jazz-funk-fired vocal deep house brilliance ("Get Loose", featuring the sublime vocals of Zodiac), some vintage Todd Edwards-influenced deep house bump (the bluesy warmth of "Change Ur Ways") and a woozier, warmer slab of organic and loose-sounding deep house cheeriness ("Can You Feel Your Senses"). NDTL man Kai Alce does delivers vocal and instrumental revisions of "Get Loose", both of which are slick, soulful, warm and rolling; classic deep house vibes to warm the senses on chilly winter nights
Review: Having previously released 10th anniversary 'best of' and 'hidden gems' collections, Heist Recordings' founders Dam Swindle complete the trilogy via a well-curated set of remixes from the label's bulging archives. Our picks of a very strong bunch include Cinthie's nostalgic, solo-laden piano house rework of Dam Swindle's 'Call of the Wild' (featuring Jungle By Night), Kush Jones' ultra-deep hybrid house/garage rub of Byron The Aquarius's 'I Love Yo', a deliciously off-kilter and drum-machine driven re-make of Adriyano courtesy of Jamie 3:26, and a typically epic, lusciously loved-up Prins Thomas 'Diskomiks' of Dam Swindle and Jitwam's 'Coffee in the Morning'. Throw in sublime reworks by Kai Alce, Dj Boring, Kassian and Alma Negra, and you have a genuinely must-have compilation.
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