Review: We have touched on the fact time and time again, how on point the A&R team is at Anjuna. How especially with the Deep offshoot they have managed the difficult the task of cross pollinating genres. This EP from former resident at Steve Bugs FRONT night in Hamburg is prime example. 'Get To Know You' is all about the funky drum loops and 80's vibed slap bass, while 'The Notebook' ventures down the modernistic progressive house route.. Both sitting (and sounding great) in a wide range of sets.
Vincenzo & Language - "Merry Go Round" - (7:15) 108 BPM
Review: It's not giving much away to state that Dessous' latest compilation, a third instalment in their occasional We Like The Deep series, is piled high with house music that combines tried-and-tested dancefloor grooves with melody-rich musical elements that tend towards the warm and atmospheric. Because of this, each and every one of the collection's 11 tracks sound just as good at home as they do on a meaty club soundsystem. Our picks of the multitude of highlights include the hypnotic, locked-in haziness of James Dexter's 'Get To This', the afternoon-fresh jazziness of Mihai Popoviciu's 'Left Hand Thought', the ultra-deep shuffle of 'Soul Alive' by Chocky, and the opaque deep house soul of Langenberg's Blakkat hook-up, 'Shadows'.
Review: Esteemed German deep house imprint Dessous Recordings return with the second edition of the We Like The Deep series. Here Steve Bug & Co. curate another wonderful selection of sensual groove delights. Highlights coming from: Fairground People with the melancholic Windy City vibe of "Sound Foundation", as always legend Charles Webster lends his midas touch to Berlin veteran Phonique's "Worked It Out" (feat Ian James Whitelaw & Volker Meitz), longstanding label staple Vincenzo appears with the sexy deep disco goodness of "Don't You Ever Stop" while Bug's partner in crime Langenberg servers up some meditative tribal atmospherics on "Alternate Rhythm". Plus, there's the welcome return of UK tech house veteran Jamie Anderson (with Owain K) on the dubby late night mood music of "Night Scanner".
Review: For those who like their house deep, groovy and emotion-rich, Dessous's back catalogue is a veritable goldmine. It is rather vast, though, so it's good to see the Steve Bug-helmed imprint giving us a few pointers via this excellent compilation. Check, for example, the drowsy chords, undulating bass and jazzy drums of Thierry Tomas's "Piu Piu", the basement-bothering tech-tinged chunkiness of James Dexter's "120" and the ultra-deep late night hyonotism of Chocky's "Self-Knowledge (Dub)", where hazy and trippy synthesizer motifs ebb and flow over a locked-in groove. Further highlights come in the shape of Tom Flynn's fuzzy and far-out "Pluck" and a brilliant mid-tempo Genius of Time rub of Vincenzo's "106 Downtown" full of gentle acid lines and freaky electronic noises.
Review: Dessous label mainstay and Hamburg native Vincenzo is back and presents another release that seems dedicated to one of his favourite cities: Melbourne in Australia. He teams up with Voyeurhythm boss Tyson Ballard on "Malvern Road", what a deep and soulful journey this one is. Killer bassline too. "Follow" sees Vincenzo go solo on this smooth and emotive jam that is so typical of his work; a career that has spanned nearly twenty years. Finally he hooks up with Melbourne producer Mic Newman for the sultry house number that's rather fittingly titled "Melbs".
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