Enthousisaste Gasten & Freak Strano – Slide It In

Sebastian Davidson's Nightbird Music serves up what is undoubtedly one of the label's techiest offerings to date here.

In its original form, Slide It In is a throbbing, pulsating deep house/deep techno cut that opens with a long dramatic intro, then settles into a bottom-heavy, bubbling groove, with a burst of hands-in-the-air tinkling synths in the middle. Seb's own remix brings the light, and is a sun-drenched, Balearic-leaning affair, while the Phonic Funk rerub takes us in a slightly proggier direction.

But for all their birdsong and lilting Spanish guitars, neither remix can compete with the original when it comes to energy and the sheer order-to-dance factor. Something of a departure for Nightbird, then, but a successful one.

Out: This week

About: This is number 30 from Nightbird Music, who can be found on Facebook and Soundcloud.

Sebastian Davidson - Earthrise EP Remixes

Ever-reliable Dutch producer Sebastian* serves up a remixed version of last December's Earthrise EP on his own Nightbird Music.

Up And Pg take care of remix duties on Earthrise itself, serving up a deep and fairly slow cut with the slightest of prog/tribal leanings, topped off with female vocal wails that sound almost like birdcalls. J Kar does the honours on Last Love Found with a late-night, driftaway kinda rub, and then finally BarBQ remix Johnny, adding a techier edge to what was originally a pretty mellow groover.

File under 'tracky shit' rather than 'peaktime slammers' but yeah, this is good stuff… Nightbird don't really do anything else!

Out: This week

About: You can find Nightbird here, here and here (Facebook/MySpace/Soundcloud)

*NOT French, as I said before.

Sebastian Davidson - Earthrise EP

Great to be back in touch with Sebastian Davidson and his Nightbird Music label, cos this is another high-quality offering from this ever-reliable stable.

Earthrise itself is a languid, piano-led house number with hints of disco and some sampled female vocal wails. Johnny is a slightly chunkier affair but still pretty unhurried, with a mournful, soulful kind of air about it. And then finally Last Love Found is just a tiny bit techier in its sound palette, but retains the overall warm-up/post-club vibe.

Earthrise is the pick of the three tracks for me I think but overall, what we have here are three prime house slices from the deeper side. Keep 'em coming Monsieur D!

Out: This week

About: Anyone who read iDJ when it was still alive will remember that Nightbird Music featured in our 'rising stars of deep house' round-up shortly before the mag closed. You can find 'em on Facebook, MySpace and Soundcloud, and here's a little write-up on Resident Advisor.