Been a minute but we are back with a bunch of jams. Techy, deep, soulful, organic, local.
1. Callisto - Fanta C
Dana. Krimp. Callisto. The most beautiful! There’s little doubt in my mind that this is my favourite of his tracks. It’s deep house, but it’s reaching further down into a place that few really get to. In terms of the production I think it is the way the sounds are layered, the ethereal synths swirling along with this is really swinging tom pattern and hat shuffle that provides this platform for the flute with those vocals samples that are so different to each other but end up setting sitting so perfectly, I hear Smokey Robinson in there. As Wahl said to me “…this was the 2nd generation avant-garde type shit that was pushing boundaries”. Recently remastered for digital, so a nice chance to own some robustly priced (vinyl) Guidance Recordings material.
2. Four Tet - Into Dust (Still Falling)
Joy Orbison played this at Felons Barrell Hall last year. The packed room had been plenty satisfied thus far with a heavy garage vibe this track was slotted in there and it just made a beautiful space in the mix before he carried on.
3. Genius Of Time - Rymd02
Genius of Time pretty much always come correct and this track is such a good teasing opener for a big set perhaps in a jungle? Hell yea.
4. SAULT - Someone To Love You (Stonie Blue Drum Edit)
You know I always gotta include a nice edit that I’ve found lately.
5. Stonie Blue - Heaven +
Another one by Stonie Blue. This time an original with Tom Huna.
6. Guinn Davis - Detected EP
Bobby Donny can do no wrong. Groovy, deep yet punchy tech with the 90s touch.
7. Conun Drums EP
Cool and different on Delusions of Grandeur.
8. Laroye - Uku Dance
This track is an absolute bomb. Trust. Discovered this by listening to bigfish0802’sYoutube Series. Techy, vibrant, organic. Road tested, this bangs.
9. Flexah - Slab
A home grown modern club sound from Brisbane/Meanjin that wouldn’t be out of place on labels like Hessel Audio or Night Slugs. Here Flexah ventures a contemporary club creation that has an industrial strength reverence for nature that has this continuity with the visual comms of the artwork. To me this all amounts to transportation to a landscape where its beauty is in its ruggedness. Well done!
10. K-LONE - Catching Wild, Pt. 2
More contemporary sounds, this one more house leaning EP from K-Lone on Will Saul’s AUS music, which I admire for carving out a really nicely defined label sound. Bouncy (Brake Root) and Fun (Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah) and at times serious (Shook) EP that gives you versatility if you like that type of thing.