O.O.R.S. - Les Deux Villes EP (Lucky Sun Recordings)

Lucky Sun Recordings, a deep house imprint recently founded by Tom Lown, is ready to bring on some serious business from London producer O.O.R.S. With recent tracks on Scandalo, Beats Me Music, and Sudup Recordings, O.O.R.S has been steadily making a name for himself in the more subdued realm of deep house music. His exceptional pair of tracks found on the Les Deux Villes EP confidently add to this reputation. "Maule" impresses with atmospheric, filtered chords, swirling melodies, and rhythms clicking to a funky meter. There's an evocative sense of space to this cut that should captivate after-hours dance floors. "Mechelen" follows, coming on like a classic Prescription track in its metallic staccato pads, tough Chicago-fueled drum track, and potent mid-section breakdown. Leeds-based DJ / producer Howard Sessions (Kolour, 3AM Recordings, Lost My Dog) is on hand for an effective remix of "Mechelen" that features a spectacularly rubbery bass line, echoing stereo chords, crisp beats, and gorgeous synth strings that enter a third of the way in. These three cuts comprise this brilliant fourth offering from Lucky Sun Recordings, confirming the young label as one to watch in the deep house scene.

Giom - "That Howard Sessions remix is cool!"
Lars Behrenroth (Deeper Shades Of House) - "Nice package."
Motorcitysoul (Cocoon / Stir15) - "'Mechelen' is a monster."
Fer Ferrari (Deepclass Records / Plastic City) - "The Howard Sessions for me! Nice analog sound."
Inland Knights - "Cool tunes … we will play."
Dutchican Soul (Strictly Rhythm / Salted Music) - "I like 'Mechelen'. Great vibe and will be supporting."
Moodymanc (2020:Vision) - "Straight in the bag!"
Spettro (Get Physical) - "I'm really feeling the Howard Sessions remix … full support."
Al Bradley (3am Recordings) - "The two originals are cracking. 'Maule' is particularly excellent … neatly crafted for those deeper moments."
Craig Stewart (Montana & Stewart / DCSTrax) - "A very tasty three tracker for the floor … great work."
Leigh Morgan (Fancy Human / Urban Torque) - "Ooh, O.O.R.S! Nice work on all three cuts … groovy house music."
Dave Mayer (Strictly Rhythm / Hardsoul) - "'Mechelen' is cool."
Michael Fossati (Spirit of House) - "A truly mesmerizing slice of deep house."
SimonG (Deep South Audio, New Zealand) - "Cool, swirling deepness … quality that I'll be supporting."
Russell Deeks (This Is Why We Dance) - "Excellent deep vibes from O.O.R.S here."

Available now from Beatport, Juno Download, and iTunes.

O.O.R.S - Callabonna Grove (Sudup Recordings)

After Sudup Recordings' well-received Message For You EP by Ooze, the label returns with a new artist signing: the London-based producer Matt Evans AKA O.O.R.S. A seasoned DJ, O.O.R.S recently entered the production realm with his “Solebeats” track, released on Julian Sanza’s Hearbeat Revolutions label and remixed by Pete Dafeet. O.O.R.S also self-released his promo-only OUTPUT series which garnered attention from heavyweights in the house music community. For his Sudup debut, O.O.R.S drops the infectious sound of “Callabonna Grove,” a rolling, deep track, with lush pads and some seriously intricate drum programming. This is a warm, summery sounding track with a tasty percussion section up front in the mix for added beach party rhythm fuel. The first in a trio of remixes comes courtesy of Moodymanc, the prolific 20:20 Vision Soundsystem member (also known as Dubble D). This mix plays on the percussive element, adding deep chords and hypnotic, looping crowd sounds just in the background. Dubby bits abound which help make this a stunning deep house effort. The second 20:20 Vision Soundsystem journeyman on this package, Julian Sanza (also part of Silver City), then jumps on board for the next revision. Julian’s mix features a bold bass line anchored on a solid four-on-the-floor swing, and a gorgeous build of synths, pads, and arpeggiations. Prime late night tackle here. With the final say is Sudup Recordings’ own Dlay, coming off his popular remix on the aforementioned Ooze release. A growling low end under a rhythmic shuffle drive this version’s rotating key stabs and shooting string notes, leading to an evocative, mysterious-sounding musical breakdown. These four tracks further push the Sudup sound, with high quality, unique deep house again delivered without fail.

Funk D’Void - “Lovely stuff here.”
Karizma (Basement Boys) - “Loving the Moodymanc remix …”
Hipp-e (H-Foundation) - “Really good release!”
Jay West - “Very nice work from Moodymanc and Julian. I love both remixes.”
Murray Richardson - “A great set of mixes, it’s hard to choose. The original is class!” Pezzner - “Moodymanc sure does know how make some house music.”
Chris Fortier - “All smooth, but Moodymanc is my pick. I love his stuff and will play out for sure.”
Motorcitysoul - “The original is super - plus Moodymanc is killing it!”
Tommy Largo - “Dope tune. Original and Moodymanc mixes for me.”
Giom - “The Moodymanc mix is cool! Good work all around.”
Vincent Kwok (Eight-Fifteen) - “Deepness! Great release.”
Neil Quigley - “Original and Moodymanc’s float my boat!”
Jef K (Silver Network) - “Yeah! Super EP. I love the vibes. Moodymac and Julian are rocking it.”

Additional support from Three, Brett Johnson, Satoshi Fumi, Joshua Iz, Matthew Bandy, Nick Holder, Inland Knights, Doc Link, Harold Heath, and Nico De Ceglia.

Available now from Juno Download.