Mediate - What You Do

Eton Messy launched this video yesterday, with the quote that Mediate is bringing a little taste of summer. I can't disagree with their simple description, this is sunny, feel-good house music.  Just try belting out that hook without cracking a smile - pretty tough to do, if not impossible!

This is still unreleased, but will be coming out on Love & Other Records on March 13th.  What You Do will definitely be seeing some heavy playtime in my summer sets. While we're waiting for the official release, enjoy the Youtube stream of the track, close your eyes and let yourself get back to summer with Mediate.

- KJ

Pat Lok - All In My Head ft. Desirée Dawson

This one is a spectacular deep house track with great vocals courtesy of Desirée Dawson. All In My Head has all of the trappings of a pop influenced contemporary deep house track that is sure to have crossover value from house sets to the mainstream clubs and anywhere between. The higher keys give a nice melodo-percussive element, with the familiar future house style bassline. Desirée Dawson's vocals round out the track nicely.  Pat Lok was kind enough to put the track up in its entirety before release, so have a listen in the player below.

All In My Head will be released by Love & Other Records, but there is no set release date as of yet.  The UK iTunes store gives an expected release date of February 9th 2015

- KJ

Howson's Groove - Chalk & Cheese [LOVE01801Z]

This low end focused house track has arguably one of the stranger titles I've seen in a while, but don't let the silliness of the name fool you - this is a serious dancefloor stomper.  Released on Love & Other Records as a part of Howson's Groove's larger EP Can't Explain on December 15th.

The track begins with an easy and soft percussive intro, and give just a taste of the kick before dropping into a breakdown and buildup, with the signature bassline kicking in at the 1:34 mark.  It's got a very Eats Everything/Dirtybird bassline vibe that carries on throughout. Don't let the initial four on the floor kick fool you either - this track has more broken beat percussive elements stacked in the bag to drop on you later. As C&C winds down into the second breakdown, we are slowly introduced to an interesting new melodic/percussive element in the buildup that is fully exposed with the last drop.

This track is possibly one of the unsung heroes of the DJ set.  Simple, understated, interesting, bass heavy and grooving.  I've added this to my gig crate for sure, and look forward to dropping it into a few sets soon.

- KJ