Review: Seems like a few years now since Dave Lee last dusted off his Akabu alias but the name is usually a sign of quality and this new offering is unlikely to disappoint his army of fans. 'Highways' features an ultra-soulful male vocal courtesy of Jinadu, who's also worked with the likes of Black Coffee, Cristoph, Dixon and Jimpster, and comes in three mixes: Dave's own Medusa Mix and Medusa Dub lean towards his Sunburst Band style in their space-y, jazzy musicality while Toy Tonics regular Cody Currie supplies a refix for floors that like it just a little bit (deep) housier.
Review: The latest missive on DJ Chus and La Santa's rapidly evolving Rodelent Music imprint is a three-way collaboration between the latter, Cosmic Bambino and Jinadu. In its original form (track two), 'Immeasurable Light' is a sparkling, sun-bright number in which strong, eyes-closed male vocals rise above a chunky, rubbery electronic bassline, bright synth riffs and sun-drenched chords. The EP-opening D-Formation mix, meanwhile, is a more thickset, tech-tinged affair which wraps a more locked-in groove in sustained, low-register chords, bubbling electronics, rising synth-strings and dreamy, immersive pads. Both cuts are quietly summary and sound like they could get plenty of rotations in DJ sets this summer.
Bitches Brew & The Beat Goes On Mix (continuous DJ mix) - (45:11) 126 BPM
Review: This is an excellent little Bitches Brew retrospective from label boss, DJ, promoter and producer extraordinaire Cosmo. Starting with the electronic soul elegy of Chi aka Cosmo's "Mistaken" branded by the distinctive vox of her long time muse Billie Godfrey, your ears are treated to Bambu's instrumental of their timeless Sergio Mendes cover and Jimpster's 2003 Rhodes heavy house rerub of Jinadu. The metallic rhythms and dubbed atmospherics of the MC Chickaboo featuring Freek by The Flaws make this a worthy purchase for those that dabble in melding deep house with more Latin and broken beat flavours.
Review: Jinadu and Elessio Pagliaroli's "They Say" has proven to be one of Moodmusic's biggest underground hits in years, so it's little surprise to see a new package of remixes emerging from the German label's Berlin HQ. Lossless.cc man Anthony Georges Patrice steps up first, effortlessly re-inventing the duo's original as a stomping but picturesque, Innervisions style anthem of epic proportions. Jonas Saalbach and Chris Robin join forces to lay down a deeper, tech-tinged interpretation that makes great use of Jinadu's fine vocal, before Alexander Maier delivers the EP's finest moment - a surging, acid-laden techno rework with all the sweaty intensity of Psychik Warriors Ov Gaia's greatest moments.
Review: In its original form, Fred Everything's latest collaboration - this time with sugar-voiced British soul man Jinadu - breathes new life into a once mighty variation of deep house: dub house. Rich in sub-heavy dub bass, delay-laden reggae guitars, dreamy chords and UK steppas style drums, it's every bit as good as anything you would have heard in the late '90s or early 2000s. Ian Pooley offers up two contrasting remixes. While the more straight-up deep house vocal take is rather good, we still prefer his 'Dub' revision, which wraps delay-laden synthesizer motifs and head-in-the-clouds electronic flourishes around snappy drums and Fred Everything's killer dub-style bassline.
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