Fraser Owen & Thom Norton – Dominos

Well, that turned out to be a slightly longer Xmas break, blog-wise, than I intended… sorry bout dat. But here we are again now, with this latest from Savoir Faire Musique.

It's a three-track affair, with Owen and Norton supplying a track apiece and collaborating on a third. The joint effort is the title track Dominos itself, a bassy deep chugger with disembodied, echoing vocal samples and luxurious muted kicks. Owen's solo offering is Polaris, a slightly more jaunty number with garage-y organ stabs and an unhurried feel, while Norton gives us Just Beyond The Trees, a deeper-than-deep ride with a male, spoken vocal that's reminiscent of the mighty Gil Scott-Heron.

If you like it a little bit tech-y and very deep, this EP is seriously worthy of your attention. Just Beyond The Trees, in particular, is a killer.

Out: This week

About: You can find Savoir Faire Musique on Facebook and Soundcloud.

Fraser Owen – Nascent EP

The latest from Wesley Burden and co's Sideways Recordings stable here.

In its original form, Slide To Unlock – credited to Fraser Owen & Bradley P – is a fairly mellow, unhurried kinda deep house groove from the dreamy side of the street, completed halfway through by the arrival of some looping female vocal snips. It's probably best suited to warm-up or afterhours play, but in these lower-tempo times who knows? Omid 16B then supplies a rub that takes us into minimal/deep techno pastures, while bringing the EP to a close is Elixir, which is credited to Fraser Owen & Ben Macklin and which is a slightly more driving deep houser with a slightly proggy kinda feel.

It's the Original of Slide To Unlock that I'm loving the most but this is a strong package all round, and well worth investigating.

Out: This week

About: Sideways Recordings are based in Folkestone, Kent and can be found at their website, on Facebook and on Soundcloud.