Review: Moonrise Hill Material has an interesting mission statement. The French label says that it is dedicated to "poetic house music", a deliciously open-ended concept that's open to all sorts of interpretations. In the case of this EP - a multi-artist affair featuring label regulars and newcomers - that largely means chunky club tracks that doff a cap to classic disco and boogie. There are deviations from the blueprint, of course - see the dub-flecked tropical house slinkiness of Tochigi Canopy's "Gulf Ressac", or the Andres-ish loop jazziness of LB aka Labat's "Your Ass Gotta Go" - but it's likely most DJs will reach for the celebratory positivity of Ethyene and Folamour's party-starting A-side cuts.
Review: MPC loving deep house don LB aka Labat rarely gets it wrong, as his previous releases on D.KO, Magic Black, Robsoul Jazz and Wolf Music prove. Predictably, he's in fine form here, too, flitting between the lilting strings and fuzzy analogue grooves of "Scanner", the loved-up deep house dustiness of "Track One" and the saucer-eyed warmth of "Dirty Walk", where distorted Fender Rhodes motifs work away jazzily over a loose and languid dancefloor groove. Those after something undeniably sun-kissed and sunset-friendly should check "Shut The World Down For a Moment", a typically blazed and seductive chunk of languid MPC-house.
Review: MPC-loving Lyon resident LB AKA Labat is a deep house producer with soul. That much is clear on his first EP for Wolf Music, which follows rock solid releases on D.KO, Robsoul, Faces and Moonrise Hill Material. Check first opener "Otari", where haunting and poignant piano lines relax over a driving but dusty deep house groove, before turning your attention to the Andres style, sample rich goodness of "Leaders For The Government", which includes some superbly simmering strings and a rubbery but restless bassline. We'd also recommend closer "Gold Rush", whose stomping, kick-drum driven beat is accompanied by more hazy, eyes-closed piano samples
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