Review: While Soul of Hex's 2014 debut, Lip Reading, was pretty good (and was accompanied by a tasty Larry Heard remix), it's safe to say that this belated follow-up on Freerange is even better. Deep, jazzy and undulating, much of it sounds like a cross between Moodymann, the smoky fare served up recently on Rhythm Section International, and the disco-tinged, oddball house goodness associated with some Sex Tags Mania output. Highlights are naturally plentiful, from the electric bass-driven deep disco-house grooves of "The Muth", and delay-laden sax samples of deep jazz-house shuffler "The Third Eye", to the warm, compressed, hip-wigglin' goodness of "Sly Batique". Rhythm Section man Henry Wu remixes "The Muth", adding a harder edge, sweatier feel, and some decidedly alien synth lines.
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