Review: Max Dean turns up for the In You EP, featuring two solo cuts, and collab, and a remix for Richy Ahmed's Four Thirty Two label. Hailing from London, Dean showcases his prowess with a series of sleek and smooth house grooves that have become his trademark. The EP includes a double up with Ukrainian DJ & Producer DMosto, adding a dynamic flavour to the mix with a New York, trance-tipped vibe in "Free NRG". Check that naughty bassline in "Inside" too next to a remix of the lead cut by wAFF, known for his work with Hot Creations, Moon Harbour, and NATURE. Dean's recent string of club belters for labels like Solid Grooves Raw, Repopulate Mars, and Eastenderz, and now Four Thirty Two, has the producer on fire!
Review: Moxy Music and META minimalist Lucas Alexander brings his brand of tasty tech-house to Four Thirty Two for the very first time. The standout - for us, at least - is undoubtedly 'FM Dial', a thrillingly raw, breathless and sub-heavy warehouse slammer in which angular, metallic motifs, swirling vocal samples and sleazy sounds ride a booming, Yorlshire bleep style bassline and pumping, UK garage-influenced house drums. Seb Zito provides a wonky, druggy and mind-mangling revision of the same track, before Alexander joins forces with Joey Rich and Harrie Summers on 'More Time', a rave-igniting chunk of low-slung, late-night sleaze that's bigger than Canary Wharf and many times more attractive. To round off a fine EP, Fernquest adds MC style spoken word vocals on the muscular, sub-heavy early morning skip of 'Itchy Feet'.
Review: Liverpool's Kyle Muldoon aka Eldon is up next on Richy Ahmed's Four Thirty Two label. With previous releases for Solardo's Sola label and forthcoming ones in the pipeline for Trik and ViVa imprint, he serves up three brand new cuts on the 'Booty Shaker' EP. Like the title track blatantly suggests, "Booty Shaker" is a thumping groove that takes classic Chicago ghetto house motifs reinterpreted for modern dancefloors, and even comes backed with a remix from the godfather of the sound himself - DJ Deeon. Also with a nod to the Windy City is the trippy percolator jack of "Blow" which looks more to Cajmere for inspiration.
Review: Despite being friends and operating in the same sonic sphere, Richy Ahmed and Jamie Jones have never before collaborated on a joint single. This EP for Four Thirty Two is therefore significant, not least because it comes from two of the biggest names in the business. As you'd expect opener 'More Energy' sounds tailor-made for big rooms, with the pair adding minor-key motifs, mid-90s garage organ sounds and spoken word snippets to a tech-tinged, peak-time house groove. Arguably even better is 'I Need It', a super-charged, retro-futurist piano house number that also contains some decidedly druggy minor-key synth sounds. Butch and Ray Mono both remix that track, with the former's deep house/tech-house fusion revision just edging out the latter's smoother and chunkier tech-house take.
Setting Sun (East End Dubs remix) - (7:04) 127 BPM
The Light (Jansons remix) - (6:52) 126 BPM
Setting Sun (VONDA7's Flying On Cloud 7 remix) - (5:05) 126 BPM
Review: A synth-tastic EP here from Richy Ahmed's Four Thirty Two stable that touches on several musical bases. The two originals are most likely to find favour with the progressive/melodic community: 'Setting Sun' foregrounds a shimmering, arpeggiated synth line while 'The Light' has a more driving, peaktime kinda feel. Remix-wise, East End Dubs' mix of 'Setting Sun' is the pick for deep house floors, with the synths toned down and the bassline brought forward, while Jansons delivers a surging, euphoric take on 'The Light' and finally VONDA7's Flying On Cloud 7 Remix of 'Setting Sun' takes us into progressive techno territory.
We Need Love (Robert James & Jack Michael remix) - (6:41) 134 BPM
Review: FUSE London resident Seb Zito has been on the cusp of a big breakthrough for some time, and this (virtual) double A-side affair sounds like it could be the release that seals his star status. "4 Ever" is a sweaty and bombastic affair where echoing old school diva vocal samples rise above a bold, addictive bassline and restless, all-action drums, while "We Need Love" peppers a UK garage style bassline and swinging drums with turn-of-the-'90s style bleeps and more hazy, rave-era style vocal samples. Richy Ahmed's rework of "4 Ever" is notable for its' speed garage style drums and droning, elongated sub-bass part, while Robert James and Jack Michael's revision of "We Need Love" is an even chunkier and bolder trip into speed garage territory.
Crazy About Your Love (Seb Zito remix 1) - (7:12) 127 BPM
Burning Up (K'Alexi Shelby remix) - (9:52) 125 BPM
Crazy About Your Love (Seb Zito remix 2) - (6:25) 130 BPM
Review: Peaktime house bizniss sitting somewhere between 'tech' and 'funky' is the order of the day on this latest EP from Richy Ahmed's Four Thirty Two. 'Crazy About Your Love' centres around a constant bass pulse, gloriously ruff 'n' raw pianos and a proper 90s-style diva vocal, and will inject some serious energy out on the floor, while 'Burning Up' is similarly 90s-ish in style, with wailing sax, bell-like sounds and another diva vocal (but not the MK one you might be thinking of). 'Crazy...' then gets two remixes from Seb Vito - one techier, one more rave-tastic - and one from K'Alexi Shelby, who takes us on a deeper, smoother ride.
Review: By his standards, Geoff "Man Power" Kirkwood has been relatively quiet this year. In fact, this tasty outing on Four Thirty Two is only his second solo outing of 2018, following double A-side single "Valhalla/Fidelity" back in September. Those looking for heady peak-time release should check the throbbing, all-action electronic motifs, jammed-out electric piano solos and jackin', Chicago style drum fills of glassy-eyed opener "Outrider" and the Balearic-minded nu-disco/house fusion of "Vista", where deep space chords and mesmerizing motifs rise and fall above a rolling rhythm track. Roman Flugel brilliantly re-imagines that track as a pulsating chunk of Italo-disco/hip-house fusion, before bonus cut "Poly Pop" offers a wealth of sun bright synth-pop melodies, cheery riffs and deliciously heavy analogue bass.
Review: Dressed head to toe in a jump suit, Ejeca serves up an EP of chunky, tried-and-tested dancefloor treats seemingly inspired by everyone's favourite 1980s adventure game show. He first opts for a physical task on opener "Unloving", a boisterous, retro-futurist big room house workout. Crystal safely tucked in his pocket, he charges through the all-new Jacking Zone (see "Standard Acid House Track") before pausing to catch his breath in the Industrial Zone, where the psychedelic atmosphere and raw analogue grooves of "Crystal Maze" await. Paul Woolford dons his Special Request guise to claim another crystal via a typically hardcore-influenced, bass-heavy re-make of "Unloving", before Ejeca heads towards the Crystal Dome to the accompaniment of late night techno shuffler "ISWHATIS". Start the fans please!
Review: South Shields' finest returns with more punchy tech house on his Four Thirty Two imprint. After recent releases on Seth Troxler's Play It Say It and remixes for London Grammar, Richy Ahmed brings the goods back to home on this latest release. From the euphoric adrenaline of "Can't Stop Us" with its ravey piano breakdown backed by diva vocals, elevating rhythms and electrifying arpeggio bass line. He then gets deeper for something more geared for the late night on the moody "Dials Mavis" with its emotive Rhodes and humming sub bass with druggy vocal samples.
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