BLACK LOOPS 黑胶唱片和CD

Review: Shall Not Fade are in a real purple patch at the moment, and at the time they celebrate their 5th anniversary, too. This time they hand it over to Black Loops for a third outing on the label, and as ever it is high calibre dancing music. 'Mike The Dog' has elegant synth work that recalls early floating points over beats that sound like early Metro Area, but more house-y. There is also more punchy broken beat, sleek future house, crisp old school piano vibes on 'Dream2gether' and a kaleidoscopic melodic cut that will light up any party with 'Danse Sur L'Hardcore.'

Review: Whether they're operating on Toy Tonics, Freerange, Madhouse or NeoVinyl, Black Loops rarely fail to deliver the deep house goods. Predictably, the Italian duo's Shall Not Fade label debut is another quality collection of cuts. Our pick of a very strong bunch is probably "Badmanthing", a quirky chunk of rubbery deep house-funk built around a bold, memorable bassline, eccentric electronics and tipsy chords, though the skipping drums, meaty bass and tweaked New Jersey garage motifs of "Plastikhaus" are also hugely alluring. Elsewhere, "No Fear" is a notable fusion of bounding house beats, darting jazz-funk synth sounds and simmering synth-strings, while EP opener "I Know You" is a more classic-sounding slab of deep house cheeriness.