Ibadan Records is an independent record label established in 1995. With a repertoire deeply rooted in the influences of colorful New York life and home to many classic releases, Ibadan Records continues to be a groundbreaking taste maker. You can always expect nothing but the highest regard to quality.
Ibadan Records ® is controlled and owned by 2012 Odyssey UG.
Review: If there's one area in which Jerome Sydenham's Ibadan label excels, it's extra percussive deep house dubs. This second Deep Strokes compilation gathers together more of Ibadan's greatest late night drum dubs and bleary eyed deep house, throwing in cuts from some of Sydenham's new Berlin friends - the likes of Argy (who contributes three exquisite dubs) and Radio Slave (whose "X-Beat" is a stripped-back delight). Naturally, the standard is high throughout, with Clausell's vintage remix of Ten City's "All Loved Out" - five minutes of beautiful, beatless piano, followed by six minutes of brilliantly programmed afro-house percussion - standing out. Sydenham's own afro-jacker "Jango 01" is pretty special, too.
Review: Few producers are placed so strategically at the interface between house and techno as Ibadan owner Jerome Sydenham - something that is obvious on "Spray". The title track is a driving club jam, but the bassline has an intangible melancholic feeling, which its evocative filter sweeps augment. "Daphne" is tougher, with tight claps and a rougher bassline providing a superbly weighted unison, while the Brooklyn dub take veers towards the techno end of Sydenham's canon. On that version, the bass is more droning and menacing and evil bleeps lap up against it, while razor sharp, snapping percussion that wouldn't sound out of place on Klockworks provide the killer blow.
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