Review: Those who checked Boogie Caf?'s "Bologna On The Move" EP earlier in the year will know that Northern Italy is now home to a new wave of producers whose loose, languid, organic and soulful blends of disco, jazz-funk, deep house and broken beat are well worth checking. This EP from DJ Rou, another Northern Italian producer on the rise, inhabits a similar sonic space. Made in cahoots with finger-drummer D'Arabia, bassist Sci-Low and lyricist/vocalist Jimbo, the EP is full to bursting with organic-sounding deep house rhythms, deliciously warming electric piano motifs, colourful synths, hazy male vocals and the sort of energy-packed slap-bass more often found on early '80s jazz-funk records. It's hard to accurately pigeonhole, which just makes the EP even more alluring.
Marlon Hoffstadt - "Heavily Dancin On The Ones And Twos" - (6:45) 126 BPM
Jesse Bru - "Tonite" - (7:01) 124 BPM
Jad & The - "Gospel Five" - (5:04) 118 BPM
Turenne - "Triplett" - (4:40) 120 BPM
Review: Federic Lange's AOW just keeps on bringing the heat. Their eighty EP is no exception. Sometimes the heat is blazing with vibrant synth flames (Hoffstadt's "Heavenly Dancing"), sometimes it's smouldering MAW-style (Jesse Bru's "Tonite"), sometimes it's smoking, jazzy and moderately jacked (Jad & The's "Gospel Five") and sometimes it's plain scorching (Turenne's "Triplett"). In summary: hot.
Review: DJ Aakmael is Greg Stewart of Richmond, Virginia. Producing since 2004, some say he creates some of the deepest and rawest house tracks of today's deep house scene! There's some real proper emotive gear for the late night on the smooth and sexy groove of "Mood Capacity" while "Pass It" rounds up in style on this soulful Motor City style affair; think Three Chairs! Speaking of which, "Deep Side" will appeal to fans of Big Strick/7 Days Entertainment's style of inner city blues plus there's equally dreamy and summery vibes on the lush "Kosmic Bounce"with its ecstatic xylophone vibes keeping up with some dusty beats on this lo-slung groove to make you move. Tip!
Review: Chicago legend Boo Williams is back for London imprint Axe On Wax. "Accellerate" is the typical Windy City blues that you've come to expect from Williams: soulful, emotive and so full off deepness. Another fine purveyor of all things deep by the name of Andres from Detroit serves up a brilliant remix of the track next. This one has all the hallmarks of the Motor City deep sound as popularised by like minds KDJ, Three Chairs and the 7 Days Entertainment crew. Chicago's Jordan Fields is up next with the sexy deepness of "I Think It's You, but it's the raw and dusty remix by Italy's (yep!) Steve Murphy where the real magic is. This is some tough, hardware driven house that's seen him release previously on Lobster Theremin and Crime City Disco.
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