Review: Matthieu Brunaiau, better-known as Matthieu B, has been one of Plastic City's most reliable contributors for the best part of a decade. In that time, he's served up countless albums of attractive, undeniably spacey deep house. He continues that musical theme, albeit with a few more nods to European tech-house, on 'Back To Basics'. Brunaiau is a master at the kind of dub techno-tinged deep house that sounds best over beefy club soundsystems (see 'Let See What Happens Tomorrow' and the squelchy '2665'), but also finds time to doff a cap to the deep-tech vibes of legendary UK producer Si Bradshaw ('My Predictions'), go minor-key crazy on the ghostly 'Strange Journey', and gaze skywards on the immersive dancefloor psychedelia of 'Thank You'.
Review: Dwelling deep in Switzerland's eastside, Smalltown Collective have been turning it out for some 15 years now, with a big chunk of their music owing to Plastic City label - as we have again here. This 10 track LP comes fitted with five bonus remixes, allowing the likes of techy minimal heads Livio & Roby to take on "Feel Like That" - tip! But when it comes the Smalltown, it's numbers like "Schaumbad" that really hit that classic sweet spot alongside "Into The Potwhale" with its minimal refrain. Deeper still, with its undeniable bassline, is "Chilly Answer" and the floor-filling "Train Riders". All aboard to Smalltown!
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