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Ahead of the release of his second artist album, Current II, Avotre label boss Santé is teasing us with a fantastic first EP from it.

The new album is a real artistic development that shows off plenty of new musical maturity, and these tracks hint at that. It comes after nine years of turning out real club dynamite on his own label Avotre as well as many other labels such as Rekids, Souvenir, Desolat and Cocoon.

Up first is Emotional Closer, a hard hitting and driving house track with pounding drums. It is co-produced with Joaquin DeKoen, a new young talent from Argentina, and has spoken word vocals that get you in a trance as the balmy pads bring real soul and colour.

Sunset Boulevard is a Detroit style house jam with raw Roland drums and manic synth lines filled with texture and energy.

It is a futuristic track that takes you on a real trip through the cosmos, and finally Twisted Love offers excellent broken drum patterns and a musical bassline that goes deep and will sweep up the shadiest of crowds.

This is a brilliant taster of the much anticipated full length to come.

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