Review: A warm welcome back to Louie Fresco, a producer whose "Autophobia" album was arguably one of the most overlooked deep house releases of 2014. Astonishingly, the "Black Wax EP" is the Mexican's first missive of any sort for almost three years. The epic title track is especially good, offering a locked-in but bouncy trip into late night house territory that sits somewhere between mid-90s Junior Vasquez, the deeper moments of Danny Tenaglia and contemporary basement-bothering deep house. It comes accompanied by the more stripped back, late night shuffle of "Aliens (Black Wax Part 2)" and the garage-influenced jazz-house flex of "Between Boroughs". Of the two accompanying remixes, it's Shaun Reeves spaced-out, ultra-deep tech house take that had us reaching for the lasers.
A Heart That Beats You (Art Department remix) - (7:30) 128 BPM
A Heart That Beats You (Jade remix) - (7:03) 127 BPM
Review: Canadian Maher Daniel has been building his vinyl only label (The Other Side) with a series of slick releases that come after other outings on the likes of Circus, 8Bit and of course No.19 Music. Aside from his production and DJ work, the Barcelona-based producer is a central figure in the industry and has a long standing history with the No.19 crew. His new offering "A Heart That Beats You" is a deep and low slung effort with sensual vocals. This is followed a remix by label boss Jonny White that takes the best of classic NYC house of the 90s with a bit of 303 acid for good measure, while Jade's remix is a slinky and hypnotic tech house rework - showing great promise by this Toronto-based producer/DJ.
Normalizm (feat Lorenzo Dada - Nitin & Down 2 remix) - (5:58) 122 BPM
Review: Jonny White returns with a track that somehow manages to be minimal in feel yet boast the kind of sumptuous production that only comes from years of production experience. The Live Reversion is a far pacier take made for eyes-down, small-hours dancefloor action, while rerubs from Damian Lazarus and Clive Henry see both producers doing their thing in style, Lazarus taking us down an arty, abstract path while Henry serves up a cavernously deep, dubby pass for the darker rooms. Between the four mixes, it's hard to imagine many DJs that wouldn't be able to find a mix that works for their floors.
Review: Jonny White's No.19 Music has been doing some great stuff in recent years, such as by fellow Torontonian (and former partner in crime in Art Department) Kenny Glasgow, label co-head Nitin and the legendary Satoshi Tomiie. It's now over to Russian tech house hero Tripmastaz, who follows up great releases on Ovum, Unique Trax and his eponymous imprint with more adventures in swing on the While U Pretend, We Make History EP. Featuring the heads-down back room dub of "Dimaggio's Black Hole", the deeply hypnotic bounce "Mr Ohh" or the super trippy shuffle of "Dreezy Benz Dubb" which reshapes classic garage rhythms for today's dancefloors so effectively.
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