DJ Nature - Groovotica Collection 1

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  • DJ Nature and New York's Golf Channel Recordings have enjoyed a fruitful relationship for some years now. On his latest outing for the label, a limited-edition boxset, the Bristolian producer presents what's described on the lavish packaging as "a personal perspective of sensuality through bass and groove," and further described elsewhere as "[my] take on an adult video from the '70s." The package comprises three original tracks and five edits over two 12-inches. The originals kick off with "Gentle Persuasion," a characteristically jazzy, 16-minute opus that winds freeform sax and keys around a wah-wah synth pattern and pitter-patter bongos. "No Gimmicks" and "Let's Break The Rules" are shorter but mine similar territory, the former a slightly spacier but still fast-paced jazz voyage, the latter an excitable collision of flutes and whirring percussion. Of the edits, "Le Chat Et La Souris" and "Little Girl" are the pick of a wonderful and varied bunch. The former takes a melodious, croaking bassline and deep drums as its starting point before adding more sparkling brass and Major Force-esque atmospheric touches. The latter is a superb disco/soul edit with a honey-fried female vocal and a classic disco backing. The jaunty Spanish guitar of "A Call To Nature," sighing flutes of "Meth Dubbing" and the grin-inducing jazz workout of "East Side Lady" complete a highly desirable package from an always-vital artist.
  • Tracklist
      A1 Gentle Persuasion B1 No Gimmicks B2 Let's Break The Rules C1 Le Chat Et La Souris (Edit) C2 A Call To Nature (Edit) D1 Little Girl (Edit) D2 Meth Dubbing (Edit) D3 East Side Lady (Edit)
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