Review: Mexican maestro Joseph Terruel enjoyed a relatively successful 2020, with his numerous releases on Deep Sense and Paraiso Musique all coming under the 'must check' category. His first outing of 2021 showcases a single track, 'Riding High', but it's another good one. Chunky, thickset and hypnotic, it sees him wrap swirling synths, filtered samples and well-chosen disco snippets around a rubbery bassline and bustling beats. It's basically a loopy disco-house box jam, but its expert construction - it just does what it needs to at exactly the right times - makes 'Riding High' a sure-fire dancefloor winner. To be honest, we'd expect nothing less from Terruel.
Review: There's much to admire about Joseph Terruel, not least the long-serving Mexican producer's publicity-shy approach and desire to let his music do the talking. His latest effort is a no-nonsense affair aimed squarely at peak-time dancefloors. The headline attraction is undoubtedly "Rocket Dub (DJ Tool Mix)", a pumping disco workout that peppers bongo-laden beats and rubbery bass with mangled vocal samples, spacey dub effects and occasional blasts of razor-sharp strings. Terruel then doffs a cap to his slo-mo disco past on "Flandisco (Skit)", a chugging, slap-bass-propelled affair where effects-laden guitar passages and filtered disco loops slowly rise and fall throughout.
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