Purple Print 黑胶唱片和CD

Review: Alex Font follows up on a successful run of double pack drops on acme with a charming new 12" for Purple Print. As ever, the minimal tech house standard bearer straps his ideas to sleek, refined grooves, but it's the musicality which marks this record out as an essential purchase. 'Hablame De Ti' is cast in melancholic synth refrains and forlorn vocal murmurations which drip with pensive mood to take the dancefloor somewhere deeper than usual. 'El Instrumento Del Barrio' has its own sentimental story to tell, this time led by expressive piano work which glides over the steadfast rhythm section. Meanwhile scene stalwarts Arapu and Brawther are on hand to deliver on-point remixes which amp up the club-ready appeal of this standout EP.

Review: Although unlucky for some, this 13th outing from Purple Print is another doozy for lovers of minimal and tech house. It's Lemieux at the controls for four cuts of well worked dance floor dynamite. opening up is the deft, loopy, trippy sound of 'Put It Out' which is from the Villalobos school of minimalism. 'Jah' picks up the pace and is a deft, dubby sound with fizzy pads and clipped vocals adding the details. 'Back In The Day' layers up silky pads, vocoder vocals and underlapping bass into a sweeping minimal sound and last of all, 'I Leave' shuts down with a playful minimal dub sound and paranoid vocals.