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Review: Alongside his roles as audio and mastering engineer, and teacher, Rome-born, Amsterdam-based Ma Spaventi has built up a solid discography of music both as a solo producer and in the RAG and Crystal Maze projects. He's become one of the most reliable artists on Aroy Dee's M>O>S label in recent years with this Balla! 12" the prelude to an upcoming LP. Initially, A-side "Missing Sunlight" seems a little foreboding and perhaps even unsettling, but eventually blossoms into a dreamy chunk of evocative, heavily electronic deep house. There's more of a druggy feel about "Falla (Made Out)", though its' psychedelic acid lines and dense drums are tempered by some typically lucid chords. Best of all, though, is "Balla! (Aho Balla)", a near perfect fusion of Larry Heard style beauty, unfussy jack-track drums, and Legowelt style late night electronics.

Review: Amsterdam-based Italian Marco Antonio Spaventi has been one of M>O>S Recordings' most reliable artists over the last three years, delivering a string of fine 12" singles for the acclaimed label. It's perhaps fitting, then, that his latest album - the Rome-born analogue obsessive's second in total - should come out on the Dutch imprint. Predictably, it's a hugely enjoyable set, with Spaventi utilizing a range of vintage synthesizers and drum machines on a series of explorations of classic deep house, Motor City techno, and the grey areas in between. Highlights include, but are not limited to, the deep space shuffle of "Luna Piena", the rising, piano-laden snappiness of "Titanic Moments", and the deep house/techno fusion of the wonderfully warm and hazy "Missing Sunlight".

Review: There's something strangely appealing about M>O>S Deep releasing music on a 10" record; the compact size and the neat packaging are complemented by the fact that each piece of music is so stripped down, raw and full of sub-bass that they can barely press it onto such a small and lovable piece of wax. And in keeping with releases from 2AM/FM and D'Marc Cantu, the tenth release for M>O>S Deep - a split EP with Ma Spaventi and label boss Aroy Dee - features two tracks packed with so much raw power that the grooves struggle to tie them down. The record opens with Spaventi's "Wrecking", a stripped down track consisting almost solely of growling acid lines. The whole piece of music seemingly hangs on a menacing and aggressive 303 workout set at a snail's pace and interspersed with crisp hi-hats and a kick drum soaked in reverb. Aroy Dee provides balance with the flipside and his peculiarly titled "Mr Floyd". In typical Dee style the track features an unending parade of blissed out pads, gentle textures and layer upon layer of deep house. It gently nudges you along, revealing more depth with each passing minute, allowing the full-bodied percussion to gently build the tension before it melts to nothing amongst his perpetually translucent synth work.