Title: Vitus
Artist: Al Wootton
Label: Optimo Music
Cat Number: OMDD49
Genre: Dub House Disco
1: Vitus
2: Libera
One thing that always gives me renewed faith in almost everything is when I can be safe in the knowledge that music is still being made in order to, not only make you dance, but also to screw around with your senses. Al Wootton produces such music and, as such, performs a public service. ‘Vitus’, which has been produced for the lovely people at Optimo displays its dance credentials right from the get go, utilising dub and disco tropes, never getting ahead of itself, so that it creates a couple of temporal autonomous zones within which anything goes. ‘Libera’ is a stomping, deadly dub-infused monster of a track that occasionally threatens to get out of control, but is reigned in on the point of no return. ‘Vitus’ is a bongo led electronic journey with strong More Kante ‘Yeke Yeke’ energy due to the vocal. This is a good thing as it simply reminds you of the possible influence without copying it. BPM wise we’re probably in the 120-122 region, (just a guess, I’m not counting), the funk is being simmered, smelted and contantly evolving. I’m a big fan of all the little noises going on in the mix, each one a slight tug on reality.
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