Dlay – All Right / Sines
Good grief. 90s sounding house, deep house and Detroit techno seems to be having a bit of a revival. Not that I mind. But it can be a bit too retro. This quality set from Dlay manages to avoid the cliché traps until the final track.
All Right is that stabbing, deep house sound of the 90s, complete with snippet sample. But the energy of the synth stabs carries it along. Sines is a bit more Detroit. But best thing here is the Bittersweet remix of All Right which gets its thing out on the dance floor for some late night frugging.
To make up for the clips, here’s a free download of a classic 90s trance house tune from Finitribe:
Blurb: After a short break, London’s Sudup Recordings return with two new tracks of rhythmic deep house from label co-owner Dom Ahtuam AKA Dlay. Dlay has been busy with releases for Fortified Recordings, Midnight Social, and multiple Sudup productions. The opening cut “All Right” is a nod to the sounds of early ’90s deep house, with its infectious stabs, rolling bass, and vocal samples, delivered in a fashion that wouldn’t sound out of place in Detroit’s techno heyday. “Sines” also has an old school feel to it, with a haunting melody, building percussion, and another cheeky vocal snippet which is married to some punchy, deep, wobbly bass tones. “All Right” gets the remix treatment courtesy of Bittersuite AKA Matt Pond, a man who has been making a serious impact in the last few years with his slick productions and the Deepsystems parties that he runs in Brighton. Matt takes the cut to a different level turning in a proper dance floor workout with a cracking bass line and some solid beats. Fans of previous Bittersuite releases will not be disappointed with this. To compliment, the Toulouse-based Ooze (AKA Nans Teillard) returns to Sudup with a unique reinterpretation of “Sines.” It’s an almost lo-fi dubstep-meets-ambient sounding interpretation, but at house tempo, creating a mysterious, ominous vibe while still using the original hook in a nice style.
Label and Artist Links: www.suduprecs.com www.soundcloud.com/dlay_syndrome
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