Review: With a moniker that can be interpreted both as the loving practice of a vinyl junkie or just, well, the practise of another kind of junkie, Wipe The Needle like to play with audience expectations. Here though, they have produced a smooth, uplifting soulful house gem complete with the strong diva vocals of Michelle Weeks. Also supplied is a remix by Opolopo which gives the track some much-needed grit and bass, resulting in laser beam sounds and low end gurgles aplenty. Of the three incarnations of the mix here, our money's definitely on the dub version. Dancefloor mayhem guaranteed.
Review: Released almost a year ago, Wipe The Needle 'Looking Glass' is a gorgeously jazzy deep house gem rich in mazy vibraphone solos, jazz-funk bass, languid electric piano solos, bouncy Afro-house style beats and effortlessly soulful vocals courtesy of Andre Esput. Now the track has been given the remix treatment, with Good Vibrations Music main man (and hugely talented producer) Sean McCabe at the controls. The Bristol-based artist offers extended, edited and instrumental versions of his main remix, a bouncy, dreamy and tactile affair that adds layers of jazz-funk synths and a fine new bassline. We're also treated to a marginally heavier, organ-sporting 'Gratitude Dub' that smartly looks up a small section of Esput's vocal and runs with it. A fine example of making an already excellent track even better!
Review: Londoner Wipe The Needle (real name Lee Gomez) has previously proved adept at blurring the boundaries between soulful house, broken beat and jazz-funk, an undeniably attractive hybrid sound in keeping with the recent bruk revival. In its' original mix form (track two), 'On Time', his first outing for Z Records, is a brilliant slub of bruk-up boogie-funk smothered in spring-friendly soul - think woozy synths, crunchy broken beats, aqua-funk bass, twinkling jazz pianos and sublime lead vocals from Tornoto's Sacha Williamson. There's a vocal free dub of that take tagged onto the end of the EP, plus two '4x4' house versions: a stunning, EP-opening full vocal version that's simply gorgeous, and a killer, slightly stripped back 'dubstrumental' mix that pushes the killer bassline to the fore.
Review: Some three years on from his last outing on Groove Odyssey - a fine hook-up with veteran vocalist Michelle Weeks - Wipe The Needle man Lee Gomez returns to action. This time round, it's the effortlessly soulful vocals of Alex Lattimore that catch the ear. On the original version of "Enchanted", Lattimore's slick, laidback vocals offer a perfect foil for Gomez's bossa-tinged gentle Latin house beats, fluid pianos, rich bass and sumptuous chords. Gomez successfully ups the tempo on the sparkling, Vibraphone-laden swirl of the "North London Dub", while the producer has also included Instrumental and Acapella versions to appease DJs who like to get creative in the mix.
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