Review: Melbourne's M5K is a producer known for creating deep and warm music for late night Oceanside swaying under palm trees. This latest release continues the good work with six richly crafted tunes to get lost in. Some of the many highlights here include gentle opener "Sassy Typhoon" a dreamy classic Chicago influenced jam that boasts the softer pads than Always Ultra. Further on "No Time For Sheisty Types" is a lean and moody 808 fest and "Rockaway" is the sound of two vintage synths copulating to some warped 80s RnB. So warm its cool.
Review: Wouda's Dopeness Galore label has previously built strong links with the Melbourne music scene, putting out killer material from Inkswel and Andras Fox & Oscar S. Thorn. Here, he turns to another Victorian producer, Voyage and Melbourne Deepcast regular M5K. He begins with the blazed-but-floor-friendly throb of "We Got It", which does a great job layering thickset chords and undulating electronics atop an analogue-sounding groove. "Shawty Is A Ten" is, if anything, even better, combining an X-rated spoken word vocal with snappy electro beats and classic Chicago house touches. As if that wasn't enough to get the blood pumping, he then delivers "Healin Feelin", an ultra-positive, piano-laden deep house jam that simply bristles with goodtime vibes.
Review: Melbourne Deepcast affiliate M5K has been causing waves in his home city, and now takes the step into production with his debut EP. It's a sure-footed debut that melds elements from deep house, Italo, kosmiche and nu-disco into subtle but floor-friendly cuts. The arpeggio-heavy "Sky Road" is the real winner, combining as it does rising and falling synths, heavy disco percussion and spiraling, glassy-eyed melodies. That said, the slower, spookier, altogether weirder "Spirit Levels" also impresses, offering a mutant fusion of hip-hop rhythms, slow-house pulse and creepy electronics. An excellent package is completed by Deep Space Orchestra's remix of "Sky Road", a twisted acid attack that makes the most of M5K's vintage electronics.
Review: There's plenty of breezy summer warmth on this split four-tracker from the ever-reliable Melbourne Deepcast camp. Andy Hart joins forces with Max Graef on opener "Super Strain", the aural equivalent of a stroll down the banks of the Yarra River at dusk, all squinting horns, shuffling grooves and woozy party atmos. Graef's "Sensation" continues on a similar theme, thickening the percussion and adding some tipsy, bluesy chords for added humid, late night effect. M5K opts to drop the tempo and prioritize vintage, new age synths on the intoxicating "Moon Vexed", while The Tortoise brilliantly blends deep house, nu-disco and soft-focus soul on "The Real Thing".
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