Where is he? He's late again. Probably caught in traffic. Why can't he leave on time? I'll just order another moon tart. 'Ting!' What's this? Oh cool, a new Purespace Recordings release. Lemme check this out. First track, “Late For Lunch”. Okay. Joe Silva playing some spooky flute sounds over a deep jazzy house groove. Nice. This'll kill some time.
Next a remix of the above by Andrew Duke (Van Czar Series, Nice & Nasty, Colour and Pitch). Hmm, bouncy house beats with buzzy ‘80s funk bass and what sounds like an approaching steam locomotive. I can get into this.
Another remix, this time by GabeReality. Never heard of him. Must be new. Harder sound on this one. Going for that deep-tech vibe I guess. They take that loopy flute sound and mash it nicely around some dark drops and builds. Hypnotic and darker. Keeper for sure.
The last track “Returning Soon” is back on the deep house vibe. Crunched vocal snips playing off a main vocoded voice riff that I can't quite make out. No flute, but seems interspersed with occasional guitar or ukulele plucks, I can't decide which. Pretty dubby overall. I'll have to listen again.
And there he is, finally. Ten minutes late. "I'm over here!" Mmm, moon tarts.
Artwork by Chris Mulligan Design.
Rory Hoy (Super Hi-Fi) – "Really lovely and chilled - Great stuff!”
Esette (Substation Recordings) – “Love the mood on Returning Soon.”
Taigo Onez (Bang Le' Dex) - “Returning Soon is truly beautiful! I'll definitely be playing this.”
Greg Norwood - “Loving all of the mixes but Late For Lunch is Str8 Heat!”
Wilbour Craddock (Groovewest) - “Lush layering of sounds that keeps building in complexity with a stellar baseline groove. Just pure deep house goodness.”
Alejandro Ramirez (Plimsoll Records) – “Definitly vibin' to 'Returning Soon'. Nice track.”
DJ Firefly (Couch Dancing) – “SO deep & sexy!”
Salah Sadeq (The Crate Radio show) – “Very nice release. Will be playing these.”
Simon Kirk (Stag Beetle radio show) – “This is magic - Andrew Dukes remix steals the show for me. Class!”
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