Review: Given his penchant for joint productions - he's previously released a trio of collaborative EPs on All Day I Dream - it's no surprise to find that Lost Desert's latest EP kicks off with a three-way studio workout featuring Plez and Junior. 'Can't Stop' is deep, evocative and alluring, with the trio wrapping voodoo drums, bird noises, field recordings and occasional vocal yelps around an undulating bassline and locked-in deep-tech drums. The experienced producer goes solo for the rest of the EP, following the heady late-night hypnotism of 'Warranty' with the yearning, first-light deep house tactility of 'Painkiller (Strange Place Mix)'.
Review: Well it's that time again where Lee Burrdige's esteemed TRYBESof presents its Compilation Of The Year. On the 2021 edition, you have DNA taking you on a deep dive into the exotic on "Day by Day" feat. Natacha Atlas (Dimitri Nakov & Limara Remix), the melodic deep house drama of "Bending the Light" by Enamour was an equally worthy addition, as was Gonzalo Sacc & Franco Leonardini's slinky and hypnotic "Lonely" - proper mood music. Elsewhere, there's more majestic fare on Paul Sawyer's elaborately arranged "Sojourn" (Dub Mix) and Nice Therapy gets sensuous and evocative on "Sky Dance" among many more.
Review: Following contributions to compilations from All Day I Dream and Nugget Music, Dim Kelly debuts on TRYBESof, a label whose melodic, musically complex output closely matches the producer's take on deep house. Vocalist Lou Zweegers makes her presence felt on the EP's two most striking tracks: opener 'The Fall', where reverb-laden strings and evocative chords ride a shuffling breakbeat-house groove, and 'Private Space', which features alien-sounding, eight-bit synthesizer motifs, bold bass and skipping house drums. Elsewhere, 'Bad Chlorure' is a sparkling slab of warehouse-ready deep house excellence and 'Easy Without' is a stab-happy chunk of tech-house/deep house fusion tailor-made for mixing.
Review: Bucharest-based Victhor previously won plaudits for his collaborative EP on All Day I Dream. This TRYBESof label debut also includes some collaborative cuts, namely vocal and dub versions of 'Luna', an attractive fusion of rising and falling electronic melodies, attractive synthesizer sounds, steel pan style motifs and rolling, thickset tech-house grooves. Both are impressive and in-keeping with Victhor's trademark sound, but it's opener 'Al Oud' that really set our pulse racing. Piled high with exotic vocalisations, faintly foreboding chords, rubbery tech-house grooves and Middle Eastern/North African instrumentation, it's the most impressive Arabic house excursion we've heard for some time.
Review: Tel Aviv-based producer Shai T returns, after some impressive releases on top labels such as All Day I Dream, Anjunadeep and Lost Miracle. His new one is entitled 'Miracles' and comes courtesy of London's TRYBESOf. From the slinky and hypnotic bliss of the title track: a progressive house journey awash in a rich tapestry of synthetic meldies and meandering world music vocals, through to the esoteric themed euphoria of "Storyteller" which likes its namesake suggests is a proper narrative in dancefloor drama. Shai T follows up a high standard set before him on the label by the likes of his homeboy Roy Rosenfeld, Tim Green and Lost Desert.
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