SESSION VICTIM 黑胶唱片和CD

Review: Is there a more reliable production duo in deep house than Session Victim? They're naturally at the top of their game on their latest EP for long-term label Delusions of Grandeur. They begin by joining forces with dub-wise mic man Ras Stimulant on 'Motivation', a heady and hypnotic peak-time loop jam packed to the rafters with addictive electric piano riffs, delay-laden vocal snippets, jazzy flourishes and intergalactic electronics. Over on the flip side, 'Dromedary Twist' sees them wrap snaking sax lines around a chunky deep house groove laden with sustained chords and jammed-out Rhodes motifs, while 'Green Run' is a delicious downtempo jam of the sort that label co-founder Jimpster used to knock out during the early portion of his career.

Review: Shockingly, five years have now passed since perennial deep house/disco/Balearic fusionists Session Victim released their fine debut album, The Haunted House of House. To celebrate, the album has been given the reissue treatment on vibrant orange vinyl. It remains a terrific set all told - a contemporary classic that stretches 11 slabs of deep house gorgeousness across three slabs of wax. Throughout, the pair easily sidestep the genre's many pitfalls, flitting between comfy, melodic goodness ('Push Comes To Shove', 'Zoinks'), jazz-funk/deep house fusion ('AlpineGlow'), slick disco-house ('The Haunted House'), groovy slo-mo electronica ('Blison'), dewy-eyed Balearica ('The Light Scent of Decay') and Clyde-esque broken hip-hop ('Fine').