VIN SOL 黑胶唱片和CD

Review: It's hard for us to believe, but Vin Sol's reliable Dance Trax series is now in its 14th instalment, and we just love how this man has continued to churn out the quality goods. No thrills, no gimmicks, just straight-up house music served raw; both "On Top" and "My Friend Is In The Main Room" are out and out bangers, capable of annihilating any dance floor with their wicked beats and bass infusions. On the B-side, "Manage" turns all loopy and twisted on the melodic slant, while "Battery Leak" chirps a placid wave of bleeps over more undercooked dance arrangements. Chicago fire, right here!

Review: Vin Sol's most recent excursion, a collaborative EP on Unknown to the Unknown with regular studio partner Matrixxman, was something of a bombastic, in-your-face affair. Here, the producer returns to regular home Soo Wavey with a quartet of deeper cuts. "Cookies" kicks things off, delivering old school bass, cut-up vocal samples and stripped-back percussion. Matrixxman hook-up "Spoiled Exile" takes things deeper and darker, before "Pyramids" impresses by expertly combining sparse chords, simple beats and a rising and falling synth bassline. Finally, Sol pays tribute to Larry Heard with "Meltdown", a classic slab of evocative analogue deep house.

Review: Vin Sol has been putting out some absolute heat through his own Soo Wavey imprint of late, and the rather plainly named "It's House" as about as much of a statement of the producer's intents as he's produced to date. Chicago legend Tyree Cooper provides vocals on the title track, which pulses and throbs with a classic mid-tempo, late night energy, while Sol's own "Zanzibar mix" brings up the tempo slightly for a a more chord-led peak time bumper. One the flip, the Matrixxman-featuring "Real Fresh" provides a classic 303 and 808 workout which comes custom built for warehouse raves everywhere, and the Sol original "Out The Box" channels more of that classic Chicago energy he's becoming increasingly adept at without being overly reverential.