Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts - Impossible Rendez-vous

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  • More quirky, jazz-dipped house with a side order of disco from Canada's Guillaume Coutu-Dumont. Smoky sax motifs and a screaming Hammond meander across "We Journey The Human Race." It sparkles in the iridescent glow of a glitterball, but also manages to channel '40s swing, psych rock and even some klezmer. The Doors vibe of the previous track filters through to "Hard To Describe," but it's a moodier tone that's captured here, achieved through gusts of airy synths and trippy, headfuck vocals, the intense tenor of the track only punctured by a fleeting live drum solo. At over ten minutes long, the sprawling "Drop It Low" somehow manages to tether security alarm throbs and pub pianos to a jaunty ragga bassline and make it work. Its epic assembly calls to mind DJ Koze's recent work in its evocation of a twisted dance floor.
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      A1 We Journey The Human Race A2 Hard To Describe B Drop It Low
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