Review: Germany's Dirt Crew have always put out top quality house and techno over the years, with the likes of Adultnapper and Ricardo Villalobos sprouting up on their catalogue from time to time. However, they're also experts in delivering music by new and interesting talent out there in the field such as this latest collaborative EP by Urulu and Steve Huerta, who between them have seen an impressive run of form over the last few years. If you're into swinging, percussive-fuelled dub house the this is the ticket for you, and these guys mean business when it comes to the dancefloor. We're particularly find of Urulu's "Laura Don't Touch That", a discofried house bomb that just keeps on givin'.
Review: The Los Angeles based Steve Huerta popped up on the Sccucci Manucci radar via his releases on the formidable Amadeus Records and Dirt Crew Recordings, we tracked his progress and liked what we heard. A couple of months back we handed over the keys to Mr. Manucci's penthouse apartment and SL 230 Pagoda to the young Angeleno, and in-between being fitted for smoking jackets and hand made brogues he managed to get some productions complete with the results pressed up for the fifth release on Manucci's Mistress. Kicking off the EP is the title track 'Smoky', a real late night house jam with sombre piano chords that weave their way round the track like hazy smoke in dimly lit room. Melancholic vocal snippets add a hefty slab of soul to the production. On the flip side is 'Adrift', deep pads are the order of the day here. Stretching across the track like a warm blanket, only briefly changing to climb up the scale. The bass line is a masterpiece in simplicity, 3 deep chugs of the sub are juxtaposed by a brief arpeggiated refrain."
Review: Urulu, previously best known for his work on Exploited, here joins forces with fellow Los Angeles native Steve Huerta for a bumpin' trip into subterranean deep house territory. The EP's one collaborative track, "Things I Didn't Mean", comes on like classic Todd Edwards (circa that remix of St Germain's "Alabama Blues") given a 2013 deep house makeover (think bold basslines, skipping garage drums and cut-up vocal edits). Urulu's woozy "Be There" snakes between the speakers on a wave of distant vocals and lazy analogue drums, while Huerta's "Long Way Home" is decidedly baggy - all R&B vocal samples, warm pads and hazy pianos. A decent package is completed by a tough Revenge rework of "Be There".
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