Happiness Therapy France 黑胶唱片和CD

Review: Fresh deep garage house stylings from B From E, who's able to demonstrate they know how to do it just right. The Danish producer/DJ is evidently a treasured fixture of their label Happiness Therapy, who specialise in this kind of stuff, but rarely find so much talent or passion for the styles condensed into a single six-tracker. Topping up the label's 'Just At Night' series, cuts like 'Nirvana' and Niles Cooper's remix of 'Just At Night' and are shuffly piano-housers on the emotive side, recalling the tearjerking and dub-dued feelings of early house artists like the Wamdue Kids, but with an arguably much defter 4x4-garage flair.

Review: Hot new French label Happiness Therapy run by ascendant DJ/producer Crowd Control proudly presents a brilliant double header following up a great inauguration by CC himself and Popka. HT02 features Vancouverite Jesse Bru on the A side, with the late night dusty deepness of "Uncle Frank" (which ventures into hypnotic acid territory later on) followed by the emotive and bittersweet vibe of "Good Life" which is absolutely wonderful. On the flip, rising Welshman Harrison BDP brings the goods as always: with the immersive dub techno flavour of "Eternal Space" followed by "Parallax" which similarly explores the cavernous and glacial aesthetics of Basic Channel and Echospace.

Review: Get those hands up in the air and wave them like you just don't care, because this is heart-on-sleeve, soulful as you like piano house that just wants you to have a good time. And you surely will once the knotted bass, steamy organ stabs and big old school chords of Rocky Razu's 'The Power of Love' infect your soul. 'Break Up' is another lush and glossy groove for open-air dancing and 'Self Control' bumps along on a nice fat baseline while a diva vocal soars up top. It's all lovely, happy music, but the best of the EP might be the cheeky garage shuffle and tumbling melodies of closer 'In The Moment.'