Artie Flexs - Damaged EP

You can usually rely on Lost My Dog for some solid deep house action, and this four-tracker from Latvian newcomer Artie Flexs doesn't disappoint. On this evidence, the fact that he's gonna have a debut album out soon is definitely good news, especially as it's apparently gonna be available for free download – more news on that when I have it.

In the meantime, the tracks here mainly plough a deep house furrow, with two warm, instrumental dancefloor groovers – The Blame and Precious - and two cuts that mess about in that deep/prog hinterland, In Control and Damage (still in a dancefloor way, though, not a drifty pointless way, in fact In Control is quite techy). Unsurprisingly it's the former two I'm feeling more, especially the bouncier Precious, but this is a safe use of your Earth pounds all the same.

About: It's good to see Lost My Dog doing well, the label's pretty much a stalwart of the UK deep house scene these days… which isn't bad going after less than 50 releases. More info can be found at their website and MySpace. Oh yeah, and the Damaged EP is out now.