Review: Long Island Sound steps out here with an enthralling full-length on Oath that explores myriad mystical deep house depths. There is a live feel to the skipping beats and organic percussion of the opener which comes alive on rousing chords. 'Photos' has trance-like pads that was over you in waves as the broken beats soar and then the opener gets remixed by Otik before tracks like 'Your Love' immerse you in more emotionally wrought synthscapes and precision-engineered beats. 'Fracture' is another well-designed sound with ghostly drums and pads and it then gets remixed into a shuffling garage-tinged beat that might be the best of the lot.
Review: Celebrated UK producers and DJs O'Flynn and Frazer Ray (who was previously known as Soundbwoy Killah) join forces here for new collaborative album Shimmer on Ninja Tune's Technicolour label. The record pays homage to the UK dance music the pair so loves from speed garage to breaks and hardcore. As such it is a record that takes you to the heart of the dancefloor but also offers a great escape from everyday life with evocative synth soundscapes over compelling beats. As much as there is plenty of physicality here, there is also tenderness of emotion and deftness of design that brings an artful quality to their take on party sounds. Top stuff.
Review: Real-deal 90s ethereal breaks from the electronic music duo Way Out West. First released in 1997, this was not their best-known outing: only when this Bristolian duo was later joined by singer Omi (Emma Everett) did this happen, and this Deconstruction debut had only seen their instrumental incarnation so far. Nevertheless, this is a distinctly of-its-time record, offering blinding, game soundtrack-informed fusions of chillout flourishment with ascendant breaks-phoria and only vaguely touching on the theme of the wild West, ironically separate from the electronic music enthusiast's main imaginary. The record's non-breaksy moments are well worth noting too, with the slidden guitars of 'Earth' and chattering dub atmospherics of 'Dancehall Tornado' serving as the two most out-there numbers.
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