City Thunder EP vinyl

Although based in New York, Throne Of Blood seem happy to expand operations to include some of the producers making strides this side of the Atlantic, as evidenced by the recent release of Daniel Avery's Movement EP. Avery's close friend Matt Walsh joins him in releasing on Throne Of Blood, with the sometime Turbo artist turning in some fine deep house under the Clouded Vision name he shares with studio cohort Steve Cook. Opening track "City Thunder" finds Clouded Vision in reflective mood, especially when the track opens up into the core section of warm laser like synths and new age cooing from Emilie Albisser of Passarella Death Squad. It's given markedly more rhythmic urgency by Chamboche, whose uptempo refix treats the aforementioned synth elements with cavernous dub and dices them to fit neatly into his own skipping grooves. On the flip, "Alien Race" replaces warmth with darkness as the track's throbbing acidic DNA is slowly extracted over a slowed down jak beat, while Turbo fellas Gingy & Bordello take the track further down the rabbit hole on their new jack techno refix.

Chamboche, Leri Ahel, Michael McLardy, The Unity Agency, Goldsmith (Rebel Disco/Push Push)