Review: We haven't heard anything from Leed's Miguel Campbell for a while. He presents this great new album on his long established Outcross label, which he ran all the while he was releasing on top imprints like Hot Creations and Exploited over the years. Titled 'Models Girls & Stars' it is indeed a glamorous affair over its dozen or so tracks. Highlights include: the neon-lit tech house of "Elemental Soul", the sleek acid bounce of "Black Rock", the moody afterhours funk of "Anyway, I'm With You" and proving once again that he's carved out his own style of house music on the emotive "Right Now". Elsewhere, he proves he can do tougher grooves for the main room on "Watch Me Too" and closes out this fine collection of tracks with the sensual "When Will I Learn".
Review: Since parting company with Hot Creations back in 2013, Miguel Campbell has continued to deliver regular releases bristling with perfectly playable tracks. This trend continues with Theories of a Different Mind, his fourth solo album. After opening with the bouncy deep house-funk of strong vocal number "Our Chance", Campbell cheerily flits between Daft Punk-influenced cuts (see the R&B/French Touch fusion of "I Wanna Be With You", "Down With You"), Hot Creations style big room shufflers ("Step Inside My Vibe", "Feel The Blaze"), synth-heavy deep house niceness (the lilting, electrofunk-influenced dreaminess of "Get It Right") and suitably trippy late night workouts (standout "Check 4 U").
Distant City Lovers (original mix) - (6:28) 120 BPM
Elektric Wave (original mix) - (6:28) 120 BPM
Silver & Gold - (5:54) 120 BPM
Against All Odds (original mix) - (0:48) 90 BPM
Phreaky Secret (feat Taylor) - (8:08) 120 BPM
Distant Past (original mix) - (7:32) 120 BPM
Lighting Darkness (original mix) - (7:00) 120 BPM
Review: Having made his debut for Miguel Campbell's Outcross Recordings way back in 2011, Iain O'Hare is one of the label's longest serving artists. Neon Logic sees him dip his toes into the choppy waters of the album format for the first time, following a string of well-received singles. Interestingly, the album supplements his usual chunky, good-time deep house with a wealth of material that looks to the likes of Metro Area, Tiger & Woods, Daft Punk and Tensnake for inspiration. That means a succession of synth-heavy dancefloor workouts that gleefully blur the boundaries between electrofunk, nu-disco and deep house. There are occasional nods towards vintage electro and Italo-disco, too, all wrapped in O'Hare's rubbery, squeezable synths and bouncy beats.
Review: Long-serving British DJ/producer Miguel Campbell returns to the Outcross Records label he founded a decade ago, following a number of top-selling outings on Hot Creations. As usual, he's in a bouncy, tactile kind of mood, expertly melding no-nonsense house beats with rubbery synth-bass lines, late night vocal samples and swishing tech-house noises on both "Can't Blow" and "Recapitulate". He opts for some epic, extended breakdown action on the Daft Punk-meets-Jamie Jones flex of "Shaking & Burning", before returning to his electrofunk-goes-tech-house flex on "To Get Her". The buzzing, boogie-sampling thrust of "Nu Muzik" - whose bassline doffs a cap to Evelyn 'Champagne' King's "I'm In Love" - completes a rock solid package.
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