- For a lot of downbeat deep house acts, it's simply a matter of a chord sequence and a tempo. Voila! Contemplative dance music! But while Juju & Jordash generally occupy this similar space, their music has proven over the past few years to be something else entirely, culminating recently with the release of their excellent self-titled 2x12-inch. The boys return here quickly with another slab of wax on Madrid's Downbeat imprint, Hired Guns—Izaack Menshenfroind and Ilya Ziblat Shay—in tow.
While the duo helped Juju & Jordash lay down the basis for the two tracks on offer, the sound is most definitely their own: Everything seems to be swathed in delay and huge molasses mountains of reverb. It's cloudy listening, ideal for a spliff and a wander in the woods. But—before you go off and do just that—remember that this is also house music. J&J's beats keep things from falling off the cliff into simple easy listening caricature. In other words, you couldn't have one without the other. Listening to the results, why would you want that anyway? It's a cliché, but the two really do create sound worlds or, more accurately in the case of the A-side, ecosystems. And, in a world governed by a particular type of sound design and the attendant programs that help those with limited imaginations, that's reason enough to celebrate.
Tracklist A Hired Guns
B High Noon At Riffmans Creek