VA – Ended Up At The Ambassade [ENS002]

After their debut release by Xosar, the Belgian club night imprint ”Ensemble” returns with a 12” by ”de Ambassade”, a collective term for ambassadors Ben Sun, Xan Xoda, Raw Sketches and Sisterhood. Four strong house tracks.

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VA – Ended Up At The Ambassade [ENS002]

Ben Sun – Your Footprints [DOG030]

Ben Sun On Delusions Of Grandeur. Kicking off the EP we have the title track Your Footprints setting the scene with Benʼs trademark raw hihats, bass and 909 kick. Next up Ben drops the BPMʼs a little for a lovely, loose, lo-slung number known as Affirmation. A snaking analogue bass line provides the hook and sets the scene whilst a layer of moody chords build around it underpinned by benʼs carefully crafted MPC beats and vocal FX. Finally we have the Chicago don Tevo Howard getting busy on his remix of Your Footprints.

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Ben Sun – Your Footprints [DOG030]

Ben Sun – Path of Non-attachment [VR007]

A return to VR from Ben Sun, who delves into deeper territory on the original cut; emotive analogue synths washing over a roland drum groove and a swirling female vocal, all underpinned by a warm, rumbling bassline. The flipside features some heavyweight remix work from the prolific Deep Space Orchestra (Use Of Weapons, ART, Delusions Of Grandeur) and label mate Tyson Ballard teaming up with Vincenzo (Poker Flat, Dessous). Vincenzo and Ballard’s mix is a heavy hitting, moody take on the original, with subtle, dark strings and a growling, evolving bassline, while DSO round off the release with trademark fat drums and soaring melodic synth work.

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Ben Sun – Path of Non-attachment [VR007]

Deep Space Orchestra / James Johnston – The Chrome Hand EP [BGO003]

The third release on Boogie Originals is another genre-crossing musical excursion from Deep Space Orchestra and James Johnston,  with a remix from Voyeur Rhythms Ben Sun.

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Deep Space Orchestra / James Johnston – The Chrome Hand EP [BGO003]

Tyson Ballard – Little Too Much [VR006]

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New Ep from the Voyeurhythm camp. Label founder Tyson Ballard weighs in with melodic, analogue bounce on the original, laced with a husky soul vocal that climaxes in a hip shaking freestyle percussion jam. Sidwho? on remix duty and builds up a dark, steamy synth-driven dub, complete with snarling vocoder on the Late Nite mix. Ben Sun comes with a version that slowly unveils a cracked, shimmering melody over the top of his dusty drums and sub bass, as the vocal gently persists on the Dawn’s Arrival mix.

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Tyson Ballard – Little Too Much [VR006]