really interesting stuff, deep house beats with jazzy elements, perfectly balancing all the different influences. Expertly produced. Reminds me a bit of some records that I love from 20 odd years ago like Tourist by St Germain and Newcomer by LLorca.
I'll admit that I'm not super up to date into the latest club music styles but this is definitely the wave i'm personally more into these days: deep, hypnotic, textured, evolving. There's so many little details weaving in and out over the minimal framework to reward listening to this over and over and getting lost into the groove
Underrated french touch gem. slightly more hip hop funk in vibes than the usual french house records of the era with lots of samples and scratching. Another album and band that time forgot. Pick it up if you see it in the bargain bin.
I've been bumping into John Tejada's music since forever. The first time was maybe 20 years ago when I visited the local dj only record store in my hometown, I was buying IDM, illbient and weird beats cds, everybody else was tracking the latest club music, and Tejada had been suggested to me by the owner, something about his synth sounds was resonating with me, it felt like elegant stuff compared to other stuff they were blasting.
But now it's the time I finally and properly get into his music, and this collaboration with Reggie Watts out on Brainfeeder is the perfect jumping point for me.
The grooves are extremely cool, the bass synth deep and punchy, the songs catchy… More