- Loosely characterised by an inebriated, instrument-rich Circus Company vibe, this debut Organic EP from French newbie SLZ starts on a high but wanes from there on in. Opener "Slow Down and Dance" is great, striking a nice pose between deep and disheartened house thanks to its lingering trumpet and slo-mo bumpy beats. "Rainy Day," however, is rather indulgent at over ten minutes long, largely coming across like the microhouse sounds of Seuil. Again, forlorn trumpets are the focus, but this time the digitalised melodies and busy off-time percussive crashes detract from the solemnity a touch too much.
"Get It," meanwhile, veers off into well-produced but functional dance floor territory with choppy drums, cartoon blobs of melodic colour and undulating organ chords recalling the late-night japery of dOP before digital-only bonus "Blitch" ensures things end somewhere altogether more interesting. It's a pleasing patchwork of plummeting bass notes, glitchy claps and vocal snatches that build to a plump, funky and higgledy-piggledy peak ten (again!) minutes later. Enough to keep SLZ on the radar, for sure.
Tracklist A Slow Down And Dance
B1 Rainy Day
B2 Get It