Sound Gypsy – Way I Feel EP

Having warmed up with all that deep stuff, time to move towards the floor now with this latest from Sound Gypsy, aka Dobara Music boss Harsh Puri.

There are three tracks in a total of six mixes, so you can't fault this one in the VFM stakes! Way I Feel itself is in its original form a chunky deep/tech houser, done in that very 'now' stylee but tempered with soulful vocal samples and killer space disco stabs. SION's remix then dubs things right out in quite a satisfying fashion.

The original version of Just Like That has more of those ace stabs over a more upbeat backing, with some rave-y keyboard stabs thrown in for good measure, while the Rafael Cerato remix heads off again into dubbier but this time also into slightly proggier territories. Havens & Hart perform a similar dubby trick with Everybody Keep On Movin' but here it's the original that stands out for me – a wicked little slice of soulful, disco-fied deep house done properly, with boogie-era male vox and lashings of fat bass.

So that's: Just Like That for the youngsters, the original of Everybody Keep On Movin' for the older heads and SION's rub of Way I Feel for the sofa surfers. Everybody's happy!

Out: This week

About: This comes on Sleazy Deep, who can be found on Facebook and Soundcloud or at their own website.

Sound Gypsy – Keep On EP

After Can I Hold You One More Time and the Whatever EP, Sound Gypsy makes it three in a row on fledgling UK label Dobara.

This latest offering features three tracks in a total of four mixes. Keep On is a floaty yet still kinda heads-down number sitting right on the cusp of deep house and nu-disco, Never Hurt You is a midpaced nu-boogie cut mixing influences from filter disco and vintage Chi-town house, while With You continues in the house/disco/nu-boogie vein and has a very cool phat n' squelchy b-line. And comes with a Dub if sampled, filtered disco vox ain't your thang.

All told: some nice smooth grooves for more discerning floors. Dobara apparently have plans to release some non-Sound Gypsy material soon as well, so are definitely a label to be keeping an eye on.

Out: This week

About: Sound Gypsy is called Harsh Puri in real life and, as you might've guessed, Dobara is his own label. Based in Newbury, Berkshire, they/he can be found on Facebook, on Soundcloud or at their/his own website.