Detroit Get Down - Jon Dixon (4EVR 4WRD)

 

Title: Detroit Get Down

Artist: Jon Dixon 

Label: 4EVR 4WRD

Cat Number: 4EVR-007

Genre: House

A1: On My Own

A2: ‘How We Get Down (In Detroit)

B1: Words Can’t Express

B2: Lisbon Nights (minorINVENTION Edit)

B2: Lisbon Nights (Darrius Quince Edit)

This release from Jon Dixon on his own label is house with a capital ‘H’, and inhabits a jazzy, latin-inflected stratosphere where the sun never sets and the dancing goes on ad infinitum. And while it would be wrong to say any new ground is being broken, the depth of sophistication emitted from these grooves provokes thought and the imagination. The percussive shuffler, ‘On My Own’ features Moodymann. However, it’s not clear what he’s up to. ‘How We Get Down (In Detroit)’ is a more rangy track which features a nice piano line. ‘Words Can’t Express’ drives deeper enveloped in warm keys, as does ‘ Lisbon Nights’ in both edits, which each add their own abstract edge. The whole package is an analogue exercise in jazz – infused deep house, with an undercurrent of disembodied vocals and the polish of live instrumentation. And, as such, is very good indeed.