UPFRONTBEATS

After an amazing summer season, both party and release-wise, with the Ibiza season just coming to an end, Elrow Music starts October with a really cool EP from one of the UKs most promising artists: Sooney. With a strong background in the house, hardcore and jungle scene, this DJ and producer debuts on Elrows label with the five-tracker Kandi Flip EP. With three originals by Sooney and two remixes ‘ in the hands of UKs AJ Christou and Spains Ekai.

The EP opens with Kandi Flip, and immediately one realises why it’s the title track of the EP. With a looser percussion, a happier progression and a truly ravey vibe, its sound FX are trippy and extraterrestrial, being the highlight of the EP. The amazing and deep male vocals, as taken from a newscast, they are just amazing and will make any dance floor go mad. Being the most tech-house track by Sooney in this record, Kandi Flip will make everyone lose it dancing at any moment on the floor.

‘Clap Your Hands’ comes next, a track with a tight percussion, a robotic and deep vocal set and a techno-style progression, although breaking with a housy drop and some really dark FX. ‘How Ya Feelng’ follows with an even tighter percussion, but a groovier progression and more party-like vocals and general vibe, making this a great banger for peak times on the dancefloor. In this track, you can perfectly hear Sooneys influences in the broken beats scene, with an amazing breakdown by the end of the track.

Then we have two amazing interpretations: the first, by AJ Christou, who takes charge of remixing Clap Your Hands, results in a speeded-up track, with blurred vocals and a clearer tech-house progression. Finally, Ekais take on How Ya Feelng gets a more melodic and danceable treatment, with a clear use of analogue percussion from all the Roland set: 606s, 707s, 808s and 909s. Completed with amazing sound FX and a techier progression, it’s a track with a life of its own, perfect for any moment on the floor. All in all, elrow Music closes the summer with yet another amazing EP, retaking with this ERM114 the good costume of high rolling remixes.

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