Review: Parisian producer Clement Mallein has yet to achieve much in the way of coverage or hype, but his previous releases - especially those on In The Box and LaGaffe Tales - have all been excellent. Debut album "Daze Album" is every bit as impressive, with the In Any Case Records co-founder moving away from the DJ Deep/Three Chairs inspired deep house dustiness of old towards a sound clearly inspired by the likes of Young Marco and, perhaps more pertinently, fellow Paris resident D.K. That means tropical drum machine rhythms, breezy 1980s new age synthesizer lines, ultra-Balearic chords, extended ambient intros and an overriding sense of rushing sunrise positivity.
Review: Malouane is Clement Mallein from Paris, who follows in the local tradition of creating sexy, late night deepness that exists behind a thick haze of smoke, if catch our drift. The influence of Pepe Bradock, DJ Gregory and DJ Deep can be heard all throughout this EP and when you've got reference points like these across your work - you're definitely in our good books. For local imprint In The Box, the 'Long Way For The Homies' EP follows up a great one by Marion Poncet (Traumer) and is the kind of dusty, sampladelic deep house that sits somewhere between the Three Chairs sound of Detroit and the sunkissed MPC jams of Berlin's Money $ex crew. From the sexy late night mood lighting of the title track and the lo-slung smokers delight that is "Keep Yo Mama Clean". There's a great remix of it up next - a sombre yet emotive rendition by Times Are Ruff that takes it further into the afterhours and Cody Currie's neon-lit boogie down version which by contrast brings something more uplifting.
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