Monday, September 13, 2021

Collective Continents II - V/A (Inner Shift Music)


 Title:  Collective Continents II 

Artist: V/A

Label: Inner Shift Music 

Cat Number: ISM 014

Genre: Deep House


01: Take Some Chances – Mark Hand

02: The Last Letter – Platform 001

03: Horizon – G-Prod

04: Aheeoo – Leo Gunn


‘Classy’ is an overused adjective when used to describe deep house. However, it’s the first word that involuntarily comes to mind when listening to this EP which, even though it is a various artists’ offering, finds each track united by the spirit of jazz and analogue warmth. Another thing is that although the jazz I like to listen to bears very little resemblance to what can be found within these grooves, there are enough residual inflections, encouraged by a driving rhythm, to maintain interest and movement. G-Prod’s ‘Horizon’ is my pick here. It’s a very useful piece of space funk which oozes panoramic magnitude. The whole EP is great though, with every track having been dipped in the Larry Heard gene pool, but offering something a little bit different respectively.


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