Maksy – Lenrod EP

Sorry there were no updates yesterday, got distracted… anyway here we are again today, starting with a rather fine deep house EP from a rather fine deep house label, Vision Collective.

Trad-style deep house – deep house of the kind that's been a constant on the real underground for 20 years, not of the trendy Euro-vocalled kind that's currently very hip in Shoreditch, and will be till about a week on Tuesday – is Vision Collective's stock-in-trade, and the four tracks here fit firmly within such a remit. Konekt is where to head if you like it a little more leftfield and headspace-y, Chocolate Stone is a touch more sumptuous and slightly garage-y while Grove Street is a late-night bubbler in its original form and a little more floor-oriented in Dominic Smith Remix form, but it's all good, as they say.

Another great EP from a new-ish label who are definitely worth watching.

Out: This week

About: This is number eight from Cork's Vision Collective, who can be found at their own website or on Facebook or Soundcloud.

Maksy - Jambon

Another label you can pretty much always rely on here – this is the latest from Denmark's excellent Gartenhaus.

Four tracks, and as we've come to expect from the Copenhagen crew, the deepest of house is the order of the day. Lenny's Groove is the most uptempo, most percussive and most obviously dancefloor of the four;
Remember Me provides the post-club/sofa-based listening, while Yeah Wa and Cracker sit somewhere between the two. Both of these last two flirt with garage-y tropes, too: the former with its chopped-up vox and a stuttery feel that recalls vintage Kerri Chandler/Madhouse productions, the latter in a more sumptuous, 'deep Jersey' kinda way.

And once again, it's a case of all killers, no fillers. Meget, meget godt, as I'm led to believe they say in Denmark.

Out: This week

About: Gartenhaus seem to live mostly on Facebook, as far as I can see… oh no hang on, here they are on Soundcloud as well