Source Of Soul – Control

You'll know this when you hear it: it's the one with a bloke's voice saying “take control in your soul”. Like the man up the mountain with his leg wrapped in polythene, you can't miss him*.

As for the track that he's saying it over… the original mix of Control starts out all stripped, tuff n' dubby, then surprises after a couple of minutes as an old-skool piano line comes cascading in to bring some light, albeit without detracting from the overall moody vibe too much. Quality stuff. Maxim Lany's rub is more sparse and techy while label boss Wez Saunders goes for a bubbly, sub-aquatic, dubby kinda feel.

Both the latter two mixes are more than playable, so this is a solid bet all round… but it's the original that's taking the gold for me.

Out: This week

About: This comes on Unrivaled Music, and I'd go so far as to say it's the best thing I've had through from them in a while. As ever, the place to head if you want to know more is the mothership Endemic Digital website.

*This will make sense if you've seen Withnail & I. If you haven't, it won't. I make no apologies for this.

Source Of Soul – This Way

The name kind of gives you a hint here… but then it kinda doesn't as well, cos this isn't soulful house as such, as you might expect. It's just deep house music that's absolutely throbbing with soul.

'Throbbing' is the operative word, as the original of This Way is based primarily around a MASSIVE organ bassline straight outta 1995. It's topped off with echo-ing male vocal stabs, understated piano chords and the most sparse, stripped and echoey beats you can imagine… a dubbed-out treat for those 'proper head' types and no mistake guv'nor! Over on the B, you'll find a remix from Smak AKA Steve McCready, who takes us into synthier territory… this might be the one the Berlin and East London hipsters go for, I think, but it's those retro organs all the way for me.

Always is, to be fair.

Out: This week

About: This comes on a label who are certainly no strangers to this blog, Savoir Faire Musique, and you can HEAR IT on their Soundcloud page.