Review: Munich twosome Rhode & Brown (AKA producers Friedrich Trede and Stephan Michael Braun) have put out an EP on Toy Tonics every autumn since 2013. B Tru 2 U, then, is their fifth annual missive for the prolific deep house stable. There's naturally plenty of rock solid club fare on show, from the brilliantly stuttering, chopped-up peak-time flex of "Mary's Tool" - think Tiger and Woods with R&B samples, and you're close - and moody-but-spacey late night pump of "B Tru 2 U", to the languid, solo-rich jazz-house shuffle of closer "Iruzu Jam". "Third Rail Mills", a dreamy but jaunty fusion of jazz-funk instrumentation of drowsy deep house grooves, is also rather good.
Review: Rhode & Brown, AKA Munich-based producers Friedrich Trede and Stephan Michael Braun, are no newcomers. They first appeared on Toy Tonics back in 2013, and have been regular contributors to the label ever since. There's naturally much to admire on this latest annual missive, from the dreamy deep house, ragged acid and UK breakbeat fusion of opener "St Hippolyte", to the Andres style deep house jazz of hazy closer "Snabsnus". There are treats in between, too, including a further acid exploration ("The A"), and the sun-kissed positivity of the pleasingly loose and languid "Leeched Love Boils".
Review: From deep beneath the bowels of Munich come Friedrich "Rhode" Trede and Michael "Brown" Braun, purveyors of slick, garage-influenced deep house. This EP for Toytonics, their third in total, begins with a slinky chunk of breezy garage goodness, "Under Your Spell". It's the sort of thing you'd expect to hear on Local Talk, but with an added contemporary sheen. "Joyride' offers more anthemic deep house/garage fusion - all screaming female vocal samples, big riffs and hip-wigglin' beats - while "Floating Figures" laces some delicious old skool pianos over a suitably deep and groovesome backing. Best of all, though, is Kyondai's remix of "Joyride", which throws some fantastic jazz drums into the mix for added percussive impact.
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