Back catalogue: House

Review: Lazare Hoche doesn't release that much music, but what he does put out is invariably excellent. Following a smattering of singles and an acclaimed collaborative album alongside Malin Genie - 2013's I Don't Sync So Volume II - he's decided to put together a compilation featuring his own productions and those by music industry mates. Access, then, is a lesson in warm and luscious deep house, with significant contributions coming from Luke Solomon (donning the Jean Caffeine guise on the dreamy and rolling "Jean Afterthought"), DJ Gregory's Point G project (the ultra-deep pulse of "La Lampe Du Vizir Adjane"), and pals Skymaster and Mandal. Hoche's own contributions rank amongst the compilation's highlights, with the title track delivering a pitch-perfect lesson in the seductive powers of dreamy, dust-encrusted deep house.

Review: 11 months after dropping his third album of atmospheric, slowly unfurling deep house gems under the Long Trax title, Will Long has decided to round-up tracks from some of the vinyk-only EPs and singles he's released over the last few years. While it's effectively an 'odds and ends' collection, the warming, analogue-rich and soft-focus feel of the producer's trademark house sound makes it every bit as coherent as his studio albums. He sets the agenda via the gently spacey, opaque 'You Should Recognize', before continuing on an ultra-deep vibe via the hissing cymbals and hypnotic grooves of 'That's Enough' and the elongated, alien-sounding chords of 'We Have To Find Some Way'. The Sprinkles-esque fun continues on the yearning 'Going On', before he opts for sturdier beats on 'It's Always The Way' and the hypnotic 'Make It That Way'. If you enjoy house music that feels like it might hug you as much as make you dance, you need this in your life.

Review: A warm welcome back to self-starter Will Long, whose self-released deep house epics - all of which initially appear on vinyl on frustratingly limited pressings - put him on a par with such ocean-deep audio explorers and dancefloor misfits as DJ Sprinkles and Larry Heard. As the title suggests, Long Trax EPs & Singles Volume 2 offers up tracks the producer previously released on wax. It's full to bursting with tactile, dreamy, atmospheric and ethereal club cuts, with highlights including the melancholic yearning of 'Been Lucky', the spoken word-sporting late-night headiness of 'That Dream', the revivalist ambient house immersion of 'The Only Difference' and the organ-sporting sunrise warmth of 'Pay It No Mind'.

Review: Premier dub techno outlet Greyscale from Lithuania welcomes back Lotech/Hijack following the success of his last album here, Static Phase. He has served up another full length's worth of sublime deep dub techno explorations here, and that marks his rather remarkable 36th full length in total. Winter Constellations is inspired by the Canadian's love of star gazing and the vastness of space and results in plenty of widescreen and cinematic tracks that are subtly detailed with celestial moods. From the power of 'Let's Forget Who We Are' to the infinite depth of 'Auriga' via the airiness of 'Night Sky Dreaming' and 'Horologium', this is another masterfully immersive work that really exploits the album format.