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.
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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