Darko Milosevic & Darre – Dirty Symphony

We head off to sunny Macedonia now, with the latest from Artefact Records.

The EP features four tracks/mixes. The original version of Dirty Symphony itself is a deep house chugger with techy overtones, but also disco elements, while the Freaky Funk Remix of the same goes down a slightly tuffer, techier route. The EP's completed by Morning Light and Gloaming, two summery deep house cuts with excellent use of trumpet and sax samples.

Very solid stuff, all told, with Gloaming the standout for me. Now if only we were on sun-drenched Mediterranean terrace to hear it…

Out: This week

About: This is the 21st release from Artefact, if you want to know more hit up their website, Soundcloud or Facebook pages.

Colin Sales & The Universe Band - Sax-A-Tron

And speaking of records where the clue's in the name… can you guess what instrument features heavily in this one, readers?

In fact, Sax-A-Tron really ain't nothing much more than a huge long sax jam, underpinned by driving house beats. Okay, yes, there's some percussion breakdowns n' that, and the Alan Gilmour Remix dispenses with the horn in places in favour of the slightly electrohouse-ish synths, but basically think The Man With The Red Face and you'll get the idea.

So whether you like this record or not will depend on whether you like honking, parping, wailing saxophones, basically. Some people can't stand 'em for any money. Me, I can't get enough of 'em so yeah, this works just fine for me.

Out: This week

About: This comes on CSD Recordings, which is a brand new imprint under the Universe Media umbrella.