Review: While 'melodic' house is bigger than it's ever been right now, the emphasis tends to be on swirling, instrumental synth epics - but here Hoj/Newman take us back to an earlier era of prog, when floaty, dreamy Balearic vibes topped with sugar-sweet female vocals were the order du jour. Lead cut 'Want To Run Away' gets away with this slightly anachronistic approach, though, thanks largely to the two-pronged attack of a seriously phat bassline and a sultry vocal performance from Amega. 'Listening Close' operates in similar territory musically but sports a delicate male vocal courtesy of Aaron Percy, while a dub and radio edit of 'Want To Run Away' complete the package.
Symptom Of The Sound (extended version) - (8:58) 123 BPM
Nothing Else (extended version) - (8:07) 121 BPM
Nothing Else (Hoj's Blue Sky edit) - (8:46) 121 BPM
Review: As well as co-founding All Day I Dream, Lee Burridge is also co-owner of the Tale of Tone label, alongside DJ/producer Hoj. Here the latter makes a relatively rare appearance on All Day I Dream, working alongside rising star Newman of I Love fame for the very first time. 'Sympton of the Sound' is typical of both artist and label, with waves of simmering chords, blissful melodies and sunrise-ready sounds rising above a locked-in, tech-tinged deep house groove. While also atmospheric, alluring and laden with a mixture of evocative electronics and synth-strings, the extended mix of 'Nothing Else' is slightly moodier and hazier. This is also true of Hoj's accompanying 'Blue Sky Edit', a hypnotic, mid-set revision that makes great use of processed vocal loops and additional percussion.
Newman (I Love) - "Menina Que Passa" - (8:36) 120 BPM
Essay - "Archangel" - (9:23) 126 BPM
Modd - "Evening Fog" - (9:11) 122 BPM
Review: A sampler collection here from All Day I Dream, the label set up in 2011 by Lee Burridge and Matthew Dekay to explore "beautiful, emotional and melancholic shades of house and techno". What you get are 13 tracks coming from that part of the spectrum where deep house and ambient collide, with just a hint of prog and the very deepest trance in the mix too - tracks that will be equally at home in the warm-up, on weary 6am floors or chillin' on the sofa. Standouts include Fulltone's 'A Whole Lot Of Winters', one of collection's more overtly floor-friendly cuts, and Hermanez's deceptively funky 'Ensina'.
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