Henri Josh – Sputnik

Seems like a while since we had anything from Conya Digital on here – compared to some labels at any rate! – but here they come again with this two-track, three-mix EP courtesy of Portuguese producer Henri Josh. Is it just me or are there are a LOT of good new producers coming out of Portugal at the moment?

Sleepy Side opens proceedings, a late night deep house journey with slight prog/Balearic leanings and a breakdown in the middle featuring some very nice electric piano doodling. That's accompanied by a Deep Sleep Remix from Pat Lezizmo which tuffens up the beats a notch without losing the original's languid, head-noddin' feel, while rounding out the EP is Lost Feelings, a more twitchy, energetic cut altogether, again with some great keyboard sounds being used.

First I've heard from Henri Josh, but it's promising stuff. Like I said, is it just me or…?

Out: This week

About: Germany's Conya Digital are on Facebook or you can find 'em at the website of parent label Clubstar.

Bruno B & Eddi M - 2nd Floor EP

Some very now-sounding grooves here from stalwart German label Conya Digital.

2nd Floor itself is a low-slung groover sitting somewhere between slo-mo house and nu-disco, with a synth line that's so Around The World it almost hurts… but in a good way. On the B, Woodwind is a slowly-evolving warm-up or post-club affair, with plenty of woodwind of course but also a vaguely Afro feel and some cosmic disco synths.

It's 2nd Floor I'm feeling the most but Woodwind will also find its way into many sets I'm sure.

Out: This week

About: You can find Conya Digital on Facebook, or at the website for parent label Clubstar.

Thomas Lamachia – Days Of Wonder EP

Speaking of people we haven't featured on here for a while, here's the latest from Germany's Conya Digital! Long time long time…

The overall mood of the EP is deep house with techy/proggy overtones, but the three tracks do vary quite a bit.  Coming Back To Me is a lazy, meandering groove with a neat line in old-skool Balearic pianos, Days Of Wonder itself is an ever-so-slightly tuffer cut with a solid chunky bassline providing the backbone for its intricately layered synths and percussion sounds, while finally Munzstrasse looks to vintage Chi-town deep for inspiration, with a squelchy bassline that's like swimming in aural treacle. That's a compliment, by the way!

A nicely varied and very checkable EP, then, from this long-running label.

Out: Today on Beatport, everywhere else from 18 June

About: Round about now you'll be expecting links for Conya Digital, won't you? So here they are… Conya's own Facebook page and the website for their mothership label, Clubstar