Top five records to be bagging this month! Buy links in the names!
Julian Perez - FAS010 (Fathers & Sons)
FAS010 has already been played nearly eleven thousand times since its upload on Soundcloud and proudly sits at third of the Deejay buzz chart without a release date even in sight. Such excitement for this record is naturally due to the high level of playability for nearly all of the FAS releases so far, for which Julian must take massive credit. With analog goodiness warmer than a cup-a-soup hug, all three tracks glisten aurally with B1 in particular making my big ass shake with its romping bass and lazy maracas.
Geisterstadt EP - Schroepfer Pollet (Soulsity Romania) [SOUS006.sd4]
With MPs last record already fetching for £58 on sharkscogs, I would highly recommend keeping an eye out for what is one of my favourite labels at the moment. This EP, which is by no means Soulsity’s strongest, is worth a buy alone for the super tropical B2, ’Mutt Siarras Pi’ with its groovy swing and wicked mix down. This is stunning, soulful Romanian House at its finest.
Cosmic Energy - OdD (Sol Asylum) [SA07]
Featuring in Suciu's MEOKO mix and with support elsewhere too, A1 - Vortex, sexily spirals out for eleven enchanting minutes and comes loaded with soul licked minor ninths and a routine, stonking OdD groove. Danny Dixon and Damian Daley haven't been pissing around this year, with their hefty originals and remixes hogging sound systems with buttery smooth synth lines and ballistic percussive work. With another new output ‘Tapes of Old’ now on the table too, these boys will no doubt continue to stamp their mark on the underground.
Brooklyn - VA: Sonodab/ Nastia/ Baraso/ Zendid (Park & Ride Records) [PAR003]
Wicked release from the Park & Ride crew, who are stepping forward with their best release so far in 2015. Massive credit is due for the care with which this record has been made - every mixdown is humming at the individual level, yet there is a distinguishable and relatable feel between each track. Zendid's B2 is the pick which feels like a spooky stroll through an alien spaceship, while Nastia’s A2 is a more fatty affair, but still satisfyingly minimal. A solid score for this record which is a fresh and up to date representation of housey techno in 2015.
Valcea EP - Amin Ravelle (TVIR) [TVIR003]
Another amazing release from the Ukrainian based TVIR, who have now ushered Spaniard Amin Ravelle into the limelight with this wicked EP. ‘Mon 2893’ is buggy bad boy and festers for bars on end, clogging itself up with glitchiness before imploding into a splendid drop which will send dancefloors into hysteria. The other original, ‘Relantier’, although a bit less sidesteppy as its predecessor, also holds an equally impressive arrangement with its ticky-tacky hats, cloud nine pads and big ass bassline. Mariin then barges in if that wasn’t enough, with a mind bending remix that completes this record, and no doubt gets my gold star as the hottest wax this time around.
More Fathers & Sons
More Soulsity
More OdD
More Park & Ride
More TVIR
More MEOKO?
