Church Volumes 001 vinyl

London's Church expand operations with a new offshoot called Church Volumes. They kick things off with an all-star EP featuring "friends from Vancouver, Peckham and L.A". 1080p regulars Project Pablo continue their fine run of form with the brilliant "Hiber Nation", a dreamy chunk of melodious, synth-heavy deep house that's as fluid and blissful as it is warm and evocative. Darnum Stamp's "Them 2" explores similar territory, with delay-laden beats and early Pal Joey style synthesizers adding to the groovy, new age house mood, while Apes' "Vanilla Ice" is the kind of glacial deep house workout that should send shivers down the spines' of saucer-eyed dancers. FYI Chris takes a different approach on his contribution, "Happy Edward", with sparse but ear-pleasing synth lines bubbling atop a hazy, bass-heavy rhythm.

Old Spice, Debukas, Replika | Common Mode, Watson, Sha'D Underground Trax, Medlar, Our Mutual Friend, Karol Aleksander, Ishmael, Nasty Boy, Simon Maverick