Review: Inside Out is a brand new series from Aus Music label head Will Saul. It invites DJs and producers to blur the boundaries between traditional artist albums and mix compilations. The concept encourages them to showcase their own music, or the music of those in their own individual circles. Depending on who is curating, it will take different forms. The idea stems from Saul's own approach in the club, which often finds him seeking out brand new and unheard music to play for the first time. There's a strong Detroit techno aesthetic throughout his inaugural release for the series: from the emotive hi-tech soul of his own collaboration with Komon entitled "Positive", Amsterdam legend Gerd had no problem channeling similarly timeless retro vibes either, as heard on the funky techno-soul of "Echoes". They save the best for last on the flip, with the legendary Floorplan's riveting rendition of Primitive Trust's "Little Love" - perfect to get that 3AM style strobe-lit tunnel vision in effect.
Review: Last year, Will Saul and Tee Mango (AKA veteran producer Tom Mangan) joined forces for a couple of notable EPs on the former's Aus Music imprint. Here they're at it again, pooling resources for another trip into analogue-rich deep house territory. "Little Love" is arguably their most attractive effort yet, a steaming hot-pot of vintage Chicago deep house grooves (think Mr Fingers' "Can You Feel It"), cascading strings, dream house pads and glistening electronic melodies. Naturally, techno titan Robert Hood emphasizes the track's retro-futurist analogue groove on a superb remix that jacks harder than Ron Hardy's ghost at a heavenly Music Box reunion. To complete a fine package, Mangan delivers a solid dancefloor dub of tactile deep house stomper "Tejon".
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