Interesting Blends

This landed in my in box the day before I went off line and I've been itching to blog it since it arrived, Fabio S – How do You.

It's a cracking little deep house number from the Life EP out on Beat Machine Records Label. Despite the title track Life, “How do You” seems to be the main track and comes with a remix by Disco Dirtbox. But, as so often is the case these days, for me it is the original version that works best. Lovely stabs and a deep hypnotic groove that chugs along and mutates as the track progresses all leading to the introduction of  simple but brain meltingly catchy melody line.

It's backed by two tracks, Move On and the aforementioned life, and all in all it's a crackingly strong EP and certainly worth grabbing if you can it came out on the 4th May, which makes it all the more criminal that i haven't been able to blog it before today.

Have been off line for a few weeks due to moving house, but now back and raring to go, so expect a few post in the coming days as I play catch up.

Obviously having had a break I've come back to a long list of music to listen to and blog. So obviously the first thing I'm going to do is ignore all of that and go back to a blinding track I picked up a couple of years ago – "Touch sensitive – Body Stop", and have been hammering on the tiny little speakers i've had to use during the move.

Touch Sensitive is Michael Di Francesco of the Van She, and the track came out on the Australian Future Classics label as an EP back in 2006 and then was re-released on the Apres2 compilation and again as an Apres2 taster with a Toby Tobias remix and alongside a couple of other tracks by Tobias and Bonar Bradburry.

It quite often gets lumped in the nu-disco category, and understandably so, but for me it reminds me of classic UK style garage. It's just the vocal, the piano and the bass line hold together so well and it's light and summery. Anyway, whatever it is it's a cracking little ditty that always makes me smile when I hear it, and while quite different to his Van She stuff but deffo worth a listen and picking up (I got it off E-music a while ago for next to nothing)

Check it out,

Now if I told you someone had done a cracking disco house version of Blue Oyster Cults " Don't fear the Reaper" you'd probably laugh me out the room and pray you never had the misfortune of hearing it, but, uhm, well someone has and it's actually pretty bloody good – although obviously it could do with more cowbell in my humble opinion.

But honestly it does work, it starts out deep with floating pads, and builds then a walking bassline that New Order & Madonna would be proud of drops and the track pumps along till the introduction of a classic house piano takes it up a notch. There are the occasional vocal refences to the BOC track, but it's very minimal and doesn't really encroach on the track.

What a truly bizzare track – in a good way.

Now i fully accept the vocal snippets are cheesy, and i suppose the track is really a full on marmite moment, but for me the strength of the overall track lets it get away with it.

Can't really find much out about Lee Steens other than he's from Vienna and is something to do with the Luv Shack Label this is released on, but i think the track is worth checking out.

Had a few things land in my inbox of late, and there are a couple of tracks that I have been hammering as aresult, the Deep & Disco track I posted last Friday and this, “Ammo”, by Orphans STHLM & Sticky Stockholm on Swedens 12-3 Recordings.

The EP is a two track affair, Guns & Ammo, side one being Guns and side two Ammo, and it’s Ammo that really bumps it for me.

Deep rhythmic house with a nice little gangsta vocal sample chopped over the top. The tracks actually quite mellow, filtered techy stabs set the mood, but the drums drive it along and are the real stand out part of the track, and if you’re a DJ then it’s a must have, as it’s perfect for mixtapes and dance floors.

It came out  the 18^th April, and you can grab it on itunes or beatport.