Review: Italian producer Ricardo Baez returns to Toy Tonics - who released his impressive debut single, The Message - with more thickset, goodtime deep house grooves. Opener "We Come Around" sets the tone, delivering a smile-inducing dose of classic US house revivalism with a modern deep house twist. Moda chiefs Jaymo & Andy George remix, hitting all the right notes on a twitchy house special. "Dancefloor" sounds like the sort of thing Danny Tenaglia may have played (and made) around 1995 (no bad thing in our book), while Hard Ton's remix is bright, breezy and classic sounding without being too reverential to the period. Best of all, though, is "Sweat", an eccentric but borderline brilliant fusion of Latin percussion, disco, crunk and 808 handclaps.
Review: There's something deceptively atmospheric about "If You", the deep, filter-laden lead cut from Italian producer Ricardo Baez's debut EP for Toy Tronics. While deep, woozy and almost aquatic in parts, it's propelled forward by hissing cymbals, booming beats and some classic Italian house style riffs. It's good, but arguably "The Message" - an exercise in basement-bothering old skool nostalgia - is even better. The EP's third original cut, the intoxicating, acid bass-driven "The Language of Heaven" (think hypnotic organs and delay-laden preacher vocals) is also rather impressive. If that's not enough to wet your whistle, then Sei A's off-kilter remix of "If You", all rigid bottom end and wonky beats, is definitely worth a listen.
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