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Review: Manchester musician Hidden Spheres has always been hard to pigeonhole, with his occasional EPs for Rhythm Section International often being amongst his most eclectic, all-action releases. While this return to Bradley Zero's label is rooted in the floor-filling potential of house, there's still a lot of variety on show. He excels on lead cut 'Tanzen', which is available in three forms: the breezy piano-sporting, summery, analogue-rich deep house gem that is the spine-tingling club mix; the sweat-soaked, sub-heavy jack-track that is the 'Mate mix'; and a nostalgic, hands-raised acid house take courtesy of Paula Tape. Elsewhere, he opts for weighty sub-bass, looped stabs and vintage turn-of-the-90s deep house vibes on 'Mind Over Mate' and reaches for sparse electro-not-electro beats on the early morning brilliance of 'Not Of This World'.
Hidden Spheres feat INA
Played by: PBR Streetgang, Juno Recommends Deep House, Andy Downtown Science, Gledd, VIGI, Mono/Loco
Review: Rhythm Section boss Bradley Zero has long been championing the work of Jimmy Wallace, a producer of ten years standing who has only just started releasing music. It makes perfect sense, then, that Zero has decided to showcase some of Wallace's killer cuts on his label. 'Riples' is a genuinely impressive mini-album all told, with Wallace confidently striding between bold, sub-heavy peak-time house ('Breaking Up'), rave-igniting, near techno-tempo insanity (the sweat-soaked excellence of 'Room 1'), UK bass-influenced early morning hedonism ('Pump Up The Volume'), tech-tinged, melody-rich dancefloor minimalism (the bright and breezy 'Cenotes'), ultra-deep haziness ('Shanghai Street') and new age ambient bliss ('Rain').
Played by: Juno Recommends Deep House
Hidden Spheres feat INA
Played by: Juno Recommends Funky House
Played by: Juno Recommends Deep House
Played by: Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz
Played by: Petals In Sound
Played by: Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz
Review: Brighton-formed but now South London-based duo Saul - keyboardist Jack Stephenson-Oliver (also of Vels Trio) and producer Barney 'Footshooter' Whitaker - return to Rhythm Section with what's only their second-ever release, following in the footsteps of 2019's 'Murmurations' EP. With seven tracks to choose from there's a fair degree of stylistic variety, but to these ears 'Can't Wait' stands out - think "proper jazz" inflected with a lil' UKG-ish swing - closely followed by the haunting 'Lifted', while rap/poetry fans should head for the Lex Amor and Natty Wylah collabs, which tread a more experimental path.
Played by: Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz
Played by: Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz
Played by: Owain Kimber (Owain K), Kisk, Juno Recommends Deep House, Fredeverything, Clive From Accounts
Review: Session Victim popping up on Rhythm Section International may be unexpected, but it does make sense - after all, their warming, musically expansive deep house sound frequently offers nods to jazz, soul and disco as well as Balearic beats. All of those inspirations are evident across the five tracks that make up Basic Instinct, with the German pair bouncing between funk-flecked, piano-rich loveliness (the bluesy and atmospheric 'Trying to Make it Home'), locked-in loop-house haziness (the sampled South Asian percussion and warming riffs of 'In & Out', ultra-deep dancefloor melancholia ('Orbits of Dust'), languid and deep jazz breaks (EP highlight '5AM Continental') and sunrise-ready breakbeat lusciousness ('SFC (Hommage Mix)').
Played by: Juno Recommends Deep House
Played by: Juno Recommends Deep House
Played by: Juno Recommends Deep House
Played by: Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz
Played by: Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz
Played by: Howler
Played by: Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz
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Played by: Juno Recommends Broken Beat Nu Jazz
