Review: Almost 16 years have now passed since Kiki and Sasse first released 'Belvedere', a clicking, moody, angular and acid-flecked tech-house workout smothered in trippy electronics and floatation tank chords. This surprise reissue provides a fantastic 2023 remaster of the pair's original mix - which now sounds far warmer and weightier - and two brand-new remixes. Jorkes provides the first revision, a low-slung, mind-bending affair that opts for metallic percussion hits, broken house drums and raw, stabbing bass. The Jepe remix, meanwhile, makes merry with 16-bit synth sounds, fuzzy lead lines, shuffling tech-house drums and moody low-end pulses.
Review: With 15 tracks to choose from, this is a package that offers great value for money and much useful ammunition for DJs playing at the deep tech/minimal end of the spectrum. Sasse, Satoshi Fumi & Hiroshi Watanabe and Spiritcatcher all feature, but generally the emphasis is on more up-and-coming producers, with tracks ranging from the deep, atmospheric throb of ORDA's opening salvo 'More Over' to the string-drenched, glitchy prog of Fumi & Watanabe's 'Time Lapse', via the smooth deep house of Sasse's 'Eagle Eyes' and the Italo nouveau of Alessio Pagliaroli's 'Distractions', not to mention something of a curveball in the form of Nick Chacona's shimmering, female-vocalled disco-pop closer 'Fear'.
Review: Backwards EP is the first collaboration between Moodmusic head Sasse and Maurice Aymard. Backwards is a fresh take on house music with touches of disco, electronica and techno mixed in to the equation forming a beautiful mixture of forward thinking club music with a hands in the air factor. Athabasca forms a perfect companion to Backwards, taking a more disco approach to things and letting the steam build up before dropping into deep house territory. Remixed comes courtesy of Massimiliano Pagliara and Luvless.
Review: Sasse's "1983" first made an appearance on Moodmusic's 2014 Miami Winter Music Conference sampler, and was something of an undisputed hit. Here, the sinewy deep house gem - all warm, rolling grooves, undulating strings and twinkly melodies - gets the remix treatment. The original appears in "rerub" mode (similar, but apparently 'retuned' by the Berlin-based Fin), alongside fresh interpretations from a trio of talents. Dosem's version chugs along in a typically Germanic tech-house fashion before surging forwards following a soaring breakdown, while Siarra Sam's remix bubbles along on a wave of darting electronics, early Orbital bleeps and shimmering melodies. Finally, Sasse rounds things off with a Beat Those Drums mix that delivers a tougher, dubbier take on the sumptuous original.
Review: In a bid to celebrate 16 years in business, Mallorca-based Garito Cade Bar has joined forces with the like-minded souls from Sweden's Local Talk imprint. The result is a collection compiled and mixed by resident DJ Nacho Velasco, featuring both well-known and previously unheard gems from Mad Mats and Tooli's well-loved label. While many people will have some of the better known material here - think Fred Everything's excellent "Brothers & Sisters (PM Atlantic)", HNNY's "Fr The Very Forst Time" and Kyodai's "Something Special" - it's the previously unheard selections that make it Music Joined Us worth investigating. Of these new cuts, it's Tommy Rawson's lusciously loose "7 Days" and Jesse Futerman's smouldering "Life Is A Gamble" - smoky soul re-made as Latin-tinged deep house - that stand out.
Review: Barcelona's Apersonal Music weren't joking when they christened their new rarities compilation Gems From The Vault: Gold Edition. This release is only set to confirm the reputation for quality, with not one duff track to be found. There's seven tracks in total that cover a wide range of ideas - all deep of course - including the bouncing satin-like electro-house of "Malta" by Moodmusic's Sasse, the better-than-lose-yourself-to-dance, funked up New Romantic-isms of "Discofix", the head-trip tech-house vibes of "Omar" by JEEP and the sublime haunted new beat of "Tellem" by Gota Rai & Snres Vegas. Gems indeed!
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