- Run by Berlin-based Italian Alessandro Pasini, 12 Records has been diligently releasing easy-on-the-ears deep house since 2011. The majority of its records have come from Pasini's Deep88 alias, though last year he teamed with Maltese producer Melchior Sultana on "Yo House" and "Nightwave." For the label's tenth outing, Pasini has put together a remix package based on these tracks that features Australia's Andras Fox and elusive New York producer Ben Cenac, AKA Dream 2 Science.
With only two EPs since 1990, fans of Cenac will appreciate just how rare an appearance this is. His take on "Nightwave" carries all the familiar tropes—ethereal pads, rhythmic bells and a balmy, gently urgent bassline—while staying true to the original, boosting its deep space appeal. Fox does an even neater job on "Yo House." Stripping away the original's flabby framework, he lays imperfect kicks and a warm, funky bassline beneath xylophone flourishes and Pasini and Sultana's scintillating piano. The EP ends with a new cut from the duo, "100% Kamelwolle," which rounds out the release in a sun-lit fog of faux panpipes and cascading chords. It stands up against the remixes without threatening their superiority.
TracklistA1 Nightwave (Dreams 2 Science Remix)
B1 Yo House (Andras Fox Remix)
B2 100% Kamelwolle