Aural Imbalance – Four In Deep EP

The clue's in the name with this one, really, with four tracks of very deep house courtesy of Aural Imbalance and connoisseur-friendly UK label Greta Cottage Workshop. Given GCW's track record for uncompromising deepness, and given that the tracks are called things like Ocean Floor and Tranquility Dub, I don't think I really need to explain any more, do I?

Suffice to say that if your taste in house veers towards the horizontally inclined, you're gonna love this one. I do!

Out: This week

About: Find Greta Cottage Workshop on Soundcloud or at their own website.

Lamech – The Hypnagogic Toolkit EP

Better known for more leftfield/downtempo/experimental grooves, here Greta Cottage Workshop serve up an EP of more straight-up house vibes.

Ham n' Funk kicks off the EP, a lo-slung, sleazy bass-led groove topped with gentle ivories and chopped-up vocal snips. Misty Vegetable is a more shufflin' kinda cut with ALMOST something of a garage-y swing, while the Misty Trukker's Dusty Banana Shape remix of the same takes us into weirded-out minimal/deep techno territory. And then finally, Second Skin is an interesting fusion of techy sounds and languid, late-night vibes.

It's a decent EP all round but Ham n' Funk is the one – a floorburner in the right joints and no mistake, guv'nor.

Out: This week

About: You can find Greta Cottage Workshop at their own website, on Soundcloud or on Facebook.