Huerta - Lounge Lizard

  • The tasteful deep house label welcomes a new producer to its ranks.
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  • Much has been made of Slow Life's classy, restrained take on deep house. The label's ethos comes across in deep DJ sets from core members Laurine, Cecilio and DJ Tree, its podcasts, plus the broken-beat deep house mastered by in-house producer S. Moreira. Slow Life also has applied its digging philosophy to A&R, this year hosting label debuts from Basement Space and Luis Malon, as well as some lost '90s cuts from the Aussie producer Tim Jackiw. To end the year, they welcome LA-raised producer Steve Huerta to the fold with Lounge Lizard. Specializing in affable, dusty Rhodes house, Huerta has built a tidy discography over the last half-decade. He's recently revamped his sound to better fit into the long-form parties of his adopted home of Berlin. On his new EP, there's a clear affinity with S. Moreira's productions. Huerta's are lush and atmospheric broken-beat tracks not far from Kyle Hall's recent records, though his predilection towards the Hoppetosse/Club Der Visionaere scene means there are less notes and boogie influences in his basslines. "Metafiction," the collaboration with Moreira, opens the record for a reason. It doesn't sound like anything either producer has made in the past. Constructed around a pensive pad, an octave-jumping triplet and a rumbling rapid-fire bass line, it's a hair-raising rave track that still fits perfectly within Slow Life's tasteful, pared-down style.
  • Tracklist
      A1 Huerta & S.Moreira - Metafiction A2 Huerta - Loose Thread B1 Huerta - Lounge lizard B2 Huerta - Pale Fire
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