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S.K.A.M. – Superstar EP [Gipsy Music]

by Shlomi Biton July 24, 2014

S.K.A.M. who has released on Gruuv, Toy Tonics and ALiVE Recordings and has been producing since the 90s, making techno, deep house and everything in between. His first cut here is ‘Superstar’ featuring Therr Maitz, a slow, purposeful deep house cut with pained and discordant synth lines stretched over lazy beats. Maitz’s airy vocals add a layer of emotion and the gurgling bassline and subtle build of tension and release throughout is expertly designed for the dancefloor. There are two remixes of this one, firstly from Culprit label bosses and production trio Droog all the way from LA. Their slightly more angular and bumpy remix is more direct but is still as deep, with its molten melodies and impish late night spirits. It’s a nicely curious late night groove that really gets under your skin. Secondly, New York house star and Poker Flat and Ovum producer MANIK remixes the track into a more peak time, tech edged affair. Keeping the original’s vocal line he layers in sharp hi hats, glistening drums and plenty of energy. When it drops proper in the second half, wiry robot lines squirm about and the drums bang with extra bounce. Next up, ‘On The Run’ is another carefully constructed affair with sombre strings, liquid chords and pained musicality at its core. Deep house drums provide the framework for this emotive, melodic number and it’s a truly sensitive bit of work with trilling trumpets and weird hooks from start to finish. Finally, buy the EP digitally and you’ll get ‘The Dark Side’, a slick, fat bottomed bit of haunting tech house with a killer bassline, crisp hi hats and lively drums that dance about and will have you doing the same. This is an EP bristling with fresh house sounds and once again suggest that Gipsy Music is on its way to becoming an essential modern outlet.

Released by: Gipsy Music

Release/catalogue number: GM002

Release date: 15 August 2014