Review: Some seriously soulful action here, as long-serving Australian fusionist Inkswel joins forces with singer Eliza Dickson and rapper/singer Pugz Atom for an all-star hoedown. In its original form, 'Why Don't You Listen' is a rubbery, MPC-powered chunk of tipsy and drowsy soulful house rich in languid trumpet lines, crispy drum machine beats and fluid electronics. Canadian veteran Fred Everything delivers a smoother, more analogue-sounding shuffling deep house take that's available in vocal and instrumental forms, while Motor City legend Waajeed steals the show with a jaunty and super-soulful take built around darting synth-bass, warming chords and snappier house beats.
Review: Tokyo Dawn says that this third volume in their deep house-flavoured compilation series, "The Move", was designed to "free your mind, body and soul". It's certainly packed with suitably soothing, sensual and life-affirming fare, from the dancing saxophones, organic grooves and sumptuous vocals of Goldiva's "Strangers Tonight" and the ultra-deep, broken house brilliance of Lyric L's "There You Stand", to the shuffling tech-house/soulful house fusion of Budda Sage, Walkman and Exorbiant DJ's "Supernova (featuring Paul B)". Other highlights include the neo soul-influenced bliss of The Grey Area's "Sorry" and the Posse's tasty remix of Inskwel's sublime J to the C hook-up "Edible Pyramid".
Review: Having had success with some killer electro-boogie influenced singles, Australian producer Inkswel now rolls out this eight-track mini-LP. There's no old tracks featured here and its makes sense as the 80s boogie influences have largely given way to a darker, more warped and frankly more interesting take on things. Tracks like "Australiaborialis", "Circle Jerks" and "Stardusted" are just messed up, slo-mo loops with off-kilter hip-hop grooves. Totally weird and totally brilliant!
Review: It's clear that Australian Inkswel is of the electro-boogie persuasion and here's three tracks to prove it. "Do It" is catchy and crisp with lovely mid 80s synthpop vibes, "Tu Machito" is pure old skool electro and "LFO Bounce" is a fantastic b-boy drum box workout. Funkineven beefs up the latter hissy percussion and more melodies than you can shake a synth at.
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