Review: A rare and rewarding record of sweet deep house beats from ambient legend of the scene John Beltran! Delivering Seventh Sign a first and only record for 2020, Beltran adds to a legacy of sound the label has released from the likes of Dan Curtin, Santiago Salazar and Keith Tuckey (Aux 88) to the label boss' Domenic Cappello's own Hutton Drive project. For the straight-up Chicago-inspired house vibes head straight to "Highway" alongside the sweetly dub-tinged "Now The Clouds Are Gone". Throwing in some dusty and lo-fi breaks alongside a giegling-esque albeit Seelfeel melody in "Thank Goodness I Found You" there's a most rewarding mass of tone, texture, crackle and vocal loops in a classic Beltran 'ambient version'.
Review: Domenic Cappello's 2018 decision to hand a Seventh Sign label debut to young Scottish producer Bud Burroughs was undoubtedly a good one, with the resultant EP featuring some of the best Detroit-inspired techno, Ron Trent style deep house and club-ready electro around. Naturally this belated follow-up is equally as inspired, with Burroughs brilliantly flitting between spacey, electro-influenced proto-house ("Masks"), deep and melodic sci-fi house ("Alien Drum"), poignant and melancholic Motor City techno/ultra-deep house fusion (the mid-tempo shimmer of "161256") and languid deep space electro (killer closing cut "Oleano"). The most impressive thing about the EP isn't the high quality of all the tracks - that's a given - but the sheer depth and intricacy of Burroughs' electronic sounds.
Review: Enigmatic Glaswegian Leeon delivers in stunning style on this follow up to 2012's brilliant debut on his home city's classic Seventh Sign Recordings imprint. The enigmatic producer serves up the bittersweet and emotive "I'll Be There" (Hutton Drive edit) in the vein of Windy City heroes like Ron Trent or Larry Heard. The influence of the latter is particularly evident on the sublime "That Generous Friend" with its chunky Juno 106 bassline, airy DX7 keys and all round classic production qualities.
Review: Brad Peterson is becoming a firm fixture in the deeper end of the house spectrum, what with his own output and his 2DeepSoul project with Rai Scott on their shared Inner Shift Music imprint. This latest release for Seventh Sign confirms his steady rise, placing him in the league of such respected craftsmen as Marcellus Pittmann, Keith Tucker and Santiago Salazar. The quality contained within speaks for itself, with the title track unfurling on a bed of warm acid bass draped in icy keys, in contrast to the peppy electro cartwheels of "Nomad Technology". Neville Watson delivers a remix of "Virtual Headspace" that keeps the joyous nature of the original intact with a more bouncy lilt to the groove and a touch more raveyness in between the pads.
Review: Always a label known for unearthing some of techno's deeper producers, 7th Sign present the debut from Glasgow based producer Leeon, a producer with a flair for Detroit moods that evoke the productions of Rick Wilhite and Marcellus Pittman. "Birth of a Season" wraps sunset pads around restless strings, while "Miles and Miles" creates a piece of helium-light intergalactic soul that Space Dimension Controller would be proud of. "The Outsider" is the real killer though, as a twisting arpeggio rushes across deep Rhodes keys. Finally, Dutch techno don Conforce delivers his own take on "The Outsider", placing the melody firmly in the background, swathing it in delay and firming it all up with gritty 909 beats.
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