NEVILLE WATSON レコード& CD

Review: **Essential repress of Snuff Trax's second release on sapphire blue vinyl!** Following KinK and Neville Watson's remix of Snuff Crew's Hour House Is Your Rush release, the two pairings meet again on this split release for the second release on the Crew's Snuff Trax imprint. KiNK and Neville Watson occupy the A-side with "City 2 City", a raw homage to classic Chicago jack combining thickly sprung analogue bass, rave whistles and quavering pads. On the flip, Snuff Crew present "Wonder Sometimes", a smooth accompaniment to the A-side, as delayed piano chords bounce between a simple arrangement of 909 claps and hi-hats while a tumbling bassline rolls underneath, while Neville Watson's remix of Snuff Crew's "Are You House" rounds out the package, inverting the weirdo house original with all manner of reverse sound effects and vocal trickery.

Review: British retrovert, analogue gear freak and frequent KiNK collaborator Neville Watson is back, this time on Craig Richards' always surprising The Nothing Special. First track "The Watcher" sounds like early Kevin Saunderson with its massive hoover bass and tough beat backed by a huge vocal refrain; this track will tear the roof off! Next up is the Robert Hood style cyclical jam "Friends We Met Among The Stars" its hypnotic groove is as driving as it is infectious and the real highlight on here. Finally on the flip we have "Smacked Out On Smudge" a deep dirty acid jam with an absolute killer of a bassline that modulates and resonates all over the shop with a druggy, delay drenched monologue for added headrush potential.

Review: In the same week that Dominick Martin graces The Nothing Special with some fine Calibre produce, Craig Richards label demonstrate the diversity of their approach with a record from Mr Neville Watson. If you have invested any time with house music over the past few years, there should be little in the way of encouragement needed to spend some time with this Red Light Fever 12", which displays the depth of Watson's production palette across three certified jams. The title track is doused in hardware quirkiness, operating with a feel and tempo that will suit warm up sets, especially with the laser precision expansive synth lines. "The Raw Fruit" continues in the same techno focused direction Watson explored on last year's DBA Special Editions release, whilst the emotionally loaded "Heartstring" is a perfect example of the adage "saving the best til last"