Review: Since he last released on Scissor & Thread in 2014, Black Light Smoke (the electronic music alias of TV and film composer Jordan Lieb) has taken the opportunity to explore darker, wonkier styles of dance music with mixed results. Happily, this return to the Brooklyn-based imprint is something of a triumph. Check, for example, the woozy chords and rush-inducing dreaminess of enveloping deep house opener "In Gold", the lo-fi proto-house-meets-deep house shuffle of "City Life", the picturesque dancefloor breeziness of "Up In This" and the hip-hop tempo, synthesizer-heavy fuzziness of "Every Beat (No Regrets)". Also impressive is "Make My Peace", a deep, acid-flecked jack-track that manages to simultaneously feel both paranoid and calming.
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