Lea Lisa - Poem For The Lost Souls (Smallville)

 

Title: Poem For The Lost Souls

Artist: Lea Lisa

Label: Smaillville Records

Cat Number: SMALLVILLE63

Genre: Deep House

1: Poem For The Lost Souls (Original Mix)

2: Poem For The Lost Souls (Broken Mix)

3: Poem For The Lost Souls (Kuniyuki Remix)

4: Poem For The Lost Souls (Session Victim Remix)

Although I don’t think that any label can be taken completely for granted, Smallville is one that can generally be relied upon to spew out quality at the drop of a hat. So, with that in mind I guess that the pressure on its latest release is to keep standards high. ‘Poem For The Lost Souls’ comes in four different versions. The original a hypnotic, atmospheric piece of deep house which soars, thanks to some freeform flute noodling and shuffling percussion. The ‘Broken Mix’ slows the original’s tempo down, using break beats to add syncopation and funk with the flute hovering above the battery. The ‘ Kuniyuki Remix’ is a more roomy, less clustered interpretation, prone to echoes and dub inflections; emphasising the keys, a guitar solo, and evolving into a space jazz flight of fancy. After all that, were left with the ‘ Session Victim Remix’; a blissfully sunny realisation which is probably the closest to the original but with added heft. The various components have all been cleverly amplified so that everything comes into sharper relief as a consequence. Every version on this versatile release oozes class and is a great debut on the label for Swiss DJ Lea Lisa.