Review: Puerto Rico-born, Chicago-raised DJ Sneak returns with four cuts that do exactly what they need to. There’s nothing flashy about ‘The Test Of Time’ — just a looping groove, clipped vocal and low-end built for long blends. ‘Spinnin Around’ digs deeper into his filtered disco heritage, slathering soulful stabs over crunchy drums with that unmistakable Henry Street swing. On the flip, ‘Return Of The 1200’ tips its hat to the decks of choice with a chugging, percussive build and low-slung funk, while ‘Dirili Da Da Disco’ plays things looser — an elastic roller full of rhythmic oddities. This isn’t reinvention. It’s Sneak doing Sneak. Real house music, no gimmicks, from a man who’s been too consistent to care about trends.
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