Review: Although it might still be too soon to call Texan producer DJ Poolboi a legend, his music is certainly starting to lean the way of legendary, with lo-fi house the artist's trademark. It's the boi's third album in four years across three labels and first on Shall Not Fade in which he's become something of a figure head, and Into The Blue Light signals potential for AOTY (Album of the Year). Filled with deep and impactful emotion, melancholy and warmth, it's a long player that pulls at the heart-strings while firing up the dancefloor with chords, keys and melodies that hit those sweet spots, while booming in kick, bass and drums. Highlights include opener, "Won't Let You Ruin My Mood", the pop-aqua rave of "For The Last Time" and some piano-driven Moby inspirations in "The Joy You Once Felt".
Review: Long-serving producer Oliver Marquart has used many aliases over the years, though it's his DJ Jauche project that has been most prominent in recent years. Here he continues his ongoing relationship with Flaneur Recordings with 'Let Me Dance #1', a five-track EP of pleasingly varied (and universally impressive) club cuts. Check first sunny and warming opener 'Freedom of Inner Revolution', an attractive slab of musically detailed deep house gorgeousness, before admiring the intricate percussion patterns, jammed-out keyboard motifs and immersive pads of 'Love Muzik'. Basement-friendly sweatiness is provided via 'Let Me Dance', a slow building chunk of ever-rising electronic house brilliance, while 'Soulcapella' combines eyes-closed vocals with sparse percussion. He ends with a blast of deep breakbeat dreaminess, 'We Need Music'. Excellent stuff all told.
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