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If you have a release that you would like to see reviewed on this site, please e-mail me here. This month's selections offer the diversity that is house music. From good ole four to floor stompers to jazzy, broken beat madness. It's flavor of the month time. And with summer quickly approaching, it's all the flavors of the rainbow. Ah summer! Lets get it on. 12-Inch Vinyl Releases Jazztronik • Samurai EP www.chezmusic.com Jazztronik is the alter-ego of Japan's nujazz master Ryota Nozaki. Since 1998 he has released two full albums and two mini albums on his own label Flower Records as well as a 2001 LP named Inner Flight on the UK label Counterpoint. As a producer he has worked with the likes of Mondo Grosso and been busy remixing artists including Modai and London Elektricity. New York's Chez Music label
was able to scoop up this highly sought after track. And what a scoop
it is. There are two mixes here, both quite similar. However, the magic
appears in the arrangement. Weighing in at over nine minutes, Samurai
leaves plenty of landscape for mixing. Shuffling breakbeats and sparkling
keys highlight this track. It builds and breaks and builds and breaks
until it reaches the climatic spoken word poetry that really makes you
feel like you've reached the top of the mountain. This track is a masterpiece.
Deep, groovy and delicious. DeMarkus Lewis • Fuzzy Slippers EP Dallas deep house king, Demarkus Lewis,
adds to his impressive output with his second release for Manchester's
Flat & Round label. The three tracks included here are
for very decidedly different times in your set. But all are sure to
find a home. On side one, Can Do What You Do is a peak-time
stormer that will get the floor bumping to its' almost sinister vocal
tag. Crunch, on the flip, will jazz-up the room with smooth
keys and shuffling scat vocal samples. Saxophone and bumpin beats only
add to this track's summertime charm. Revert to Now is swirling
and shimmering in it's synthetic bliss. Infectious Audio • Jacob's Groove HOUSE • Offset Music (OSM005) • 12 inch single Jacob’s Groove (Original Mix)–with its
safari-styled percussion, distant saxophone and rolling bass–pays
homage to early west coast house. Sounding crisp, yet mellow, this track
would fit seamlessly in to an early 90's mixtape by San Francisco's
DJ Jeno. Calum Walker (Fresh & Low Remix) handles the rerub and
takes the bassline to bubblely and dubby depths. The percussion weaves
and skips and a soaring sythn takes the track into classic Fresh &
Low territory. The steady "Bump–Bump" of the vocal continues
to build this track until it's climax where, an urgent saxophone lick
makes you realize this is serious business. CD Compilations & Artist Albums
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