Finally available on wax, cv313’s classic ‘Lost Sequence’ culled from the celebrated Japan exclusive Live double CD album released back in 2009. On the B side there’s a rare live version performed by Intrusion at a Loft event put on by the good folks over @ Little White Earbuds. This rare recording was reduced and stripped down, core traces of the original swim inside oceanic bass, and modulating frequencies creating an atmosphere all of its own.
With five Beat Pharmacy albums and almost a dozen vinyl releases on Francois K’s Deep Space imprint, this dubby and eclectic project of Brendon Moeller needs no introduction. Chugging along at 120bpm, underpinned by a thick sub-dub bassline and a modulating Maurizio-style synth cord arpeggio, Pump is a hypnotic slap of deep smoky house with some memorable hooks to boot. Swirling rhodes keyboards and a slick piano riff serve as a lovely counterpoint to the swinging funk of the hi-hat groove. With remixes by Echospace head honcho, Stephen Hitchell under his Intrusion guise and London’s Bearweasel this proves to be a solid package.
Vivace is a project of Stephen Hitchell (cv313, Echospace, Intrusion) and is a unique hybrid of deep house, dub, jazz, & soul, a sort of new school/old school fusion which pays homage to Chicago house heroes like Chez Damier & Ron Trent in their Prescription era but with a modern twist. This project is the continuation of his previous Soultek material initially featured on Germany’s Force Tracks & Force Inc family of labels back at the start of the century. The title track in its original form is a sub-aquatic journey through space and bass, as deep as you would come to expect from an Echospace production but the sound palette has changed, shifting into a world filled with ambience and free form jazz. The use of live instrumentation & vocals are a driving force behind this project and add a depth and soul oceans deep, its like melting in sonic butter. The Soultek mix is a frenzy of edits, funked up and sounds like it could be a schizophrenic’s take on house music, Brendon Moeller dives deep into soul, shifting and morphing the original into a proper late nigh house jam you could only imagine Derrick Carter or Theo Parrish dropping at the wee hours of the morning. The closing Intrusion mix gives the original a frosty lime green haze best absorbed while inhaling, real trippy stuff. This first release has already earned countless play from Francois K and in its inception (as Soultek) was hailed as “Jack’s Echo — The Future Sound Of Chicago” by De-Bug Magazine, Germany.
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