Review: There've been some fine sounds emerging from Scruniversal's sonic laboratories of late and this latest six-track missive from La Riff is a case in point. The EP opens with the atmospheric 'Jazz Reflections' - just imagine you're putting away bourbon on the rocks with John Shaft in a 124th Street dive bar - then moves on through the dense, aquatic and soundscape-y 'L'Amour', the moody, hypnotic groove of the sleaze-tastic 'Flash Funk', the avant-garde soul-jazz of the title track, the absolute stone-cold be303bop killer that is 'Acid At The Piano Bar' and then, finally, the blissed-out, post-excess anthem-in-waiting 'Dark Matter'. Varied, rewarding and supremely checkable.
Review: Slump Recordings launches into 2024 with Baby Rollén's potent 4-track EP, delivering a punch of tech-driven rollers infused with an unmistakable 90s authenticity. Brothers Will and Max, known as Duowe, maintain their stronghold on the club scene, going OG house soundscapes, take the funk-driven deepness of "Monster Island" for example. "Bits N Bobs" keeps a subtle hint of disco by drives it deeper into the techier realm, with some straight up vibraphone vibes in "Xyloroll". And of course, the B2 (if we were talking vinyl) is this EP's deepest cut and most explicitly house. Deep.
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