Wez Saunders – Dancing And Losing Control EP

A simple two-tracker here from Mr Endemic Digital himself, but this time coming on the vaguely affiliated Hype Muzik.

The A-side is called The A-Side and is a nice chunky, unhurried organ-fuelled deep house/deep garage, with a female vocal wail sitting on top that reminds me so much of Blind Truth's Love Is The Key from back in the day it's not true. If it's actually a sample then 20 spotter points to me! Anyway yeah, it's a winner.

But the confusingly named The B-Side (Dancing And Losing Control) is even better, a slightly more driving, upbeat deep houser with – as seems to be very in-vogue at the moment – chipmunk'y rave vox, in this case the same Nona Hendryx sample as was used in Krome + Time's The Slammer (nil spotter points for that one though, it says it right here on the press release). There's some nice old skool piano action in there, too, though it's quite subtle.

Put together, two strong tracks add up to one must-check EP!

Out: This week

About: Find Hype Muzik at their own blog.

Michael King - CTRL+S

The latest from Hype Muzik, part of Norman H's Stripped empire, comes from Michael King, and features mixes to suit a range of jocks.

In its Original form, CTRL+S is a decidedly disco-leaning affair, with a guitar loop that reminds me a little of Sister Sledge for some reason, unhurried natural-sounding percussion, vintage Ibiza-style pianos and an analogue top line that comes in halfway through. Ed Lee's Alt Del Remix maintains the Original's slower pace but adds "free your body, free your soul" vox and a phat bassline.

In Wez Saunders' hands, the track is then reworked into a driving tech-houser with some heavyweight, tribal bottom end, though the analogue synth and pianos remain to bring the light, while finally the Dan Styles Remix takes us into quirkier tech-house territory, with off-kilter beats and an even-more-heavyweight ponderous techno b-line.

Ed Lee does it best for me here I think but as I said, there's enough variety on offer for this to have quite broad appeal.

Out: Today

About: Find Hype Muzik/Stripped Muzik Club at their blog, on Facebook and on Soundcloud.

ALBUM Various - Endemic Digital Three Years Old

Release of the week for me without a doubt… and I don't think I've ever actually said that before. But regular readers will know I'm a bit of a fan of the Endemic approach to deep and tech house generally, truth be told… so this compilation celebrating the label's third birthday was always going to be a bit of a no-brainer.

On CD1, you get 11 brand-new tracks put together especially for this album by some of the label regulars, including Adam Coley, Lee Daines, Smak, Dave James, Soulight and of course label boss Wez Saunders. Wez's Always Remember You and Stefan K's deep delight Loyal stand out for me, along with Miami Ice's retro organ bouncer Kehta, but it really is all good, to coin a phrase.

Across CDs 2 and 3, you then get a further 20 gems culled from the label's back catalogue… and with tracks/mixes from Onionz, Pretty Criminals, Mitch Davis, Echofusion, Maher Daniel, Nik Fratarolli, Harnessnoise and other names that should be very familiar to readers of TIWWD, you know it ain't gonna be rubbish.

I'm not gonna go into individual tracks cos time is short right now and there's 31 of 'em… suffice to say that if deep and tech house (with a little bit of groovy techno) is your thing, then you seriously need this. Happy birthday Endemic, keep 'em coming!

Out: This week

About: Here's a link that's also probably quite familiar to you by now…

Free Wez Saunders bootie of Lissat & Voltax

Morning! Not gonna parp on but here's a cheeky little bootleg of Lissat & Voltax's Fish & Tits, brought to you by Endemic boss Wez Saunders and rendered in a deep and dubby style with just a hint of classic Jersey.

Feel that bassline and enjoy!

Oh yeah, and of course if you dig this, you can keep up with all things going on at Endemic here

Lissat & Voltaxx ft. Djane Betty Bizarre - Fish & Tits (Wez Saunders Deep Bootleg) by WezSaunders