Middleton, Pezzner, Gorge, Shur-I-Kan
Sorry for the slight downtime around here, there was a slight glitch after a server update, thanks to mediatemple for their responsive support as we are now back online and fully updated. I’ve got a ton of hot deep cuts to share over the next day or two, plus some exciting announcements on the way, so stay tuned!
Tom Middleton – Teleporter – 10:10
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Constant collaborator of the UK has a new EP out on Toolroom Records. This is deep house with as much emphasis on the deep bass grooves, as the chilled stabs and techno sound fx. The stabs and snare hits are what draw me to this track, the EP itself is definitely worth a listen as it should be charting quite a bit during this phase of the summer heat. Definitely a good starter track.
Pezzner – Chiuso Per Ferie – The Tracks Are Alive
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One of my absolute favorite remixer/producers at the moment is Seattle’s Dave , who for the past couple years has been wowing listeners with wildly original compositions that melt genre boundaries in much the same way that ‘s 2006 release Amour did when it came out, blurring the distinction between deep house, techno, IDM, and ambient. Well, Freerange has come full-circle it seems with The Tracks Are Alive, one of label-head Jimpster’s most ambitious signings practically since day one. The drop in this track is absolutely bonkers.
Gorge – Erotic Soul – Mood
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Another Freerange-associated producer just released a full-length himself, the producer is and the release is called Mood, it’s out on his 8bit imprint. Both the Gorge and Pezzner albums are solid in their entirety, but where Pezzner relies on a more experimentational approach, Gorge sticks to his guns with tracks that remind everyone what it was like to first hear those elusive deep cuts coming out of Chicago over a 56k modem, only this time it’s in proper fidelity and sounds incredible.
The Normalites – The Sun Rising (Shur-I-Kan Vocal) – (single)
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Since we’re in a loungy sort of zone of deep house, I figured I’d post up this head-scratcher of a remix. I say head-scratcher because adherents to a single school or style of house music might catch themselves off-guard. It’d be almost campy if it didn’t sound so cohesive, Enya-esque females and neo Depeche Mode eurotrash vocals are things I should balk at enjoying, and yet if they are backed by enough sub and pad under the right conditions, it sounds good to my ear. Does it come off as dramatic and risky or mysteriously appeal to your ear?
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