- Is deep house a synonym for nostalgia nowadays? Listening to the output on the newly minted Quintessentials label, one could be forgiven for thinking so. AntonZap was responsible for the imprint's first release on the back of a very well-received EP on Underground Quality and novices Jagged follow up here with an EP so dripping with analogue warmth that it's like the bastard offspring of an orgy between Theo Parrish, Kenny Dixon Jr. and Etienne de Crecy's Super Discount Project.
The original is a mid-paced affair ideal for the warm-up and makes use of similar sonic motifs to Mark E's "Slave 1." Its lush chords delicately prod, poke and undulate with a restrained intensity that threatens to blossom but in the end just teases. The Harry Swinger and DC remix sacrifices some of the opulent texture of the original for a sparser percussive workout, while retaining the bassline. It's a slightly more muscular excursion that sits nicely between Jagged's mix and Quarion rerub. The Drumpoet Community vet supplies the disco bullets with a more souped-up workout that takes the vocal and leaves it relatively deep in the mix where it has to be content to never quite get out of garage purgatory.
TracklistA1 Hello Kool Nice
A2 Hello Kool Nice (Harry Swinger & DC remix)
B1 Hello Kool Nice (Quarion remix)