Review: The Revenge returns to Hometaping is Killing Music after an eight-year absence. For the occasion, he's collected together a selection of "Lost Grooves", which we can only assume to mean previously unreleased gems from his no-doubt bulging vaults. All four cuts are typically on-point and explore different aspects of house music's long and storied history. So, while "Hold It" sounds like a cross between Inner City and David Morales in Red Zone mode, "Demon Beat" is the kind of sleazy, low-slung throb-job that would once have got Danny Tenaglia hot under the collar. Meanwhile "Long Lost Love" recalls Clark's finest moments on Instruments of Rapture, while "Stuck In Chicago" is a loopy acid jacker that would no doubt thrill Ron Hardy's ghost.
Review: 'It's A New Life' is a beautiful cut which oozes raw emotion from every haunting drop of vocal, among the crisp amens and soft sub, an enchanting flute draws you yet further into the tracks bittersweet soul. 'Read Your Mind' is a chilled liquid roller with funky 70's style flickers of sound, the track radiates an early High Contrast aura. The fast twinkling piano mimics the uncontrollable roller-coaster of new love, as the beat races fast like a freshly kissed heart, we remember why 'Falling In Love Is Wonderful'. Sticking with the soul drenched, blissfully musical theme of the release 'The Harmony Inside' is centered on conversational solos of sax and guitar, absolutely beautiful.
Review: For his first outing since the release of his superb debut album last year, Byron The Aquarius has chosen to throw his lot in with Shall Not Fade, a Bristol-based label that has consistently put out some of the best house music around over the last few years. The Atlanta-based artist has naturally delivered the goods, confidently strutting between crunchy analogue deep house jazziness (the synth-and-piano-laden opener "Feelings Is It Real"), 21st century broken house/jazz-funk fusion (the jacking drum machine fills, Kaidi Tatham synth motifs and acid squelch of "Age of Ultron (MDMA Mix)"), spacey deep techno futurism ("Techno Is Black (Respeck)"), woozy deep house warmth ("Falling In Love (Dub)") and intergalactic downtempo beats ("CyBoTrAx").
Review: Domenico Petrosino aka Earwax follows 2020's Attraverso on Planet Rhythm with this storming release. The title track is an intense affair, with Petrosino deploying grainy drums and steely, utilitarian percussion to devastating effect. On the brilliantly named "We Are All Living In A Yellow Parade", he opts for a more looped approach, with a repetitive vocal sample and rave whistles set to a dense, rolling groove. "Neuro" marks another change, with a grinding riff combined with cavernous kicks, while he changes direction once again on "Knowledge Is An Open Source". Similar to the title track, grainy kicks provide the basis for noisy, coruscating riffs.
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