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Review: Onirik and Pablo Tarno's Finest Hour label surfaced late last year with a mission statement to release 24 records for 24 hours, and it was inaugurated in the finest (sorry) style possible by long term Berlin fixture Andreas 'Audio' Werner. FH:02 sees the label heads at the controls, collaborating on two productions that are complemented by a remix from Birdsmakingmachine. Despite this being Tarno and Onirik's debut release together, there's a palpable sense of studio chemistry on display that augers well for any future Finest Hour transmissions from the pair, with the deep, rolling opener "September Swing" perhaps the pick of the two. It's matched by the Birdsmakingmachine remix of "Hotel Samariter" which has certain rusty quality to the groove that makes it really memorable.

Review: For the eighth audio missive on their quietly impressive Finest Hour imprint, Onirik and Pablo Tarno have invited Voigtmann and Tolga Fidan along for the ride. The result is a multi-artist EP that boasts a wealth of quality material. Onirik steps up first, adding jazzy keys and spacey electronics to a cut that sits somewhere between vintage Detroit techno and bustling Chicago deep house. Voigtmann's amusingly titled "Side Boob Cooler" is a lo-fi, analogue-rich bubbler, while Tolga Fidan's "TER345" is a near perfect fusion of Detroit techno sonics and analogue deep house dynamics. Before the EP draws to a close, Pablo Tarno steals the show with the hazy warmth, dubby electronics and sweeping melodies of "Elle Tea Jay", a fine chunk of analogue deep house/electro fusion.

Review: Next up on Pablo Tarno and Onirik's Finest Hour is Berlin based, Half Baked main man Robin Ordell - with more trippy and quirked out minimal house. This follows up some great releases on top labels Discobar and Hello?Repeat. Ordell is no stranger to the afterhours, and this A.M. expert displays just what it takes to get weird during the morning set on the reduced boompty action of "Grey Blue Blue Grey Yeah" on the A side. The flipside features the spooky and glitchy mini-funk of "Purple Shaped/Where's Your Sister?" plus the hypnotic bump and shuffle of "Eggs In Moonshine" closing out this fine EP in style. This follows up Ordell's last appearance for the label back on FH:04, back in 2015. Tip!

Review: David "Spargel-Tazan" Joseph makes his first appearance on Finest Hour, showcasing a quartet of loose, jazzy, distorted and spaced-out deep house cuts. He begins with the Recloose-sampling, Theo Parrish style swing of "Track 1", where starlight keys and rich chords mingle with shuffling rhythms and occasional bongo patterns. "Track 2" is a trackier concoction with broken tape melodies and densely layered percussion, while "Track 3" is as attractively breezy as a seaside stroll on a sunny day. Finally, he does is best Pepe Bradock impression on the glitchy and humid "Track 4", which is undeniably the deepest of the four cuts.