Review: As anyone who has followed his career will tell you, Cor.Ece is a talented chap - a GRAMMY award-winning songwriter (he has enjoyed mega-hits with his work for Beyonce) and Honey Dijon collaborator who also happens to be a top-notch vocalist, producer and musician. On 'Be Here Before', he joins forces with Bastard Jazz regulars Bad Colours to deliver a fabulous full-length excursion. They set the tone with 'Say Yea', a constantly rising slab of soul-fired deep tech-house, before flitting between intergalactic house-soul ('Mars'), 21st century hip-house/nu-disco fusion (the ace 'What Happened To The Revolutionary'), UKG-influenced excellence ('Jeans'), Afrobeats-adjacent awesomeness ('Might Could'), slow motion boogie-soul ('Mt Miss U') and much more besides. Tip!
Review: Consumed was Richie Hawtin's brooding magnum opus as Plastikman from the late 90s, and this new version sees Chilly Gonzales provide piano accompaniment to the tracks. On "Contain", this contribution takes the form of keys that float over the original version's throbbing bass, while Gonzales splatters "Consume" with effortless, jazzy piano touches. While in some instances these additions augment the original version, at other times the new elements occupy the foreground and augment minimalist Hawtin compositions like "Cor Ten" or the rickety rhythms and resonating pulses of "Ekko" and "Converge". Understated in its approach and execution, Consumed (In Key) is a home listening masterpiece.
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