Back catalogue: House

Review: A new label out of Mexico, Short Attention Records launches its second release with a five track offering of proper melodic house & techno from Hector Ram with the word 'quality' stamped large upon them. 'Midnight Sounds' starts things off with the grand rhythmically-building 'Midnight Sounds', almost New Order-esque at times. 'For Our Small Parties' follows, old skool again in flavour, blending subtly employed breaks and a sturdy house framework, then 'Dear Dancefloor', probably the gentlest and most fragile effort here, opens side two. 'On The Road' boasts a more electro feel and Orbital-esque synths, and is deemed worthy of a second airing via a nicely throbbing remix from Detroit's Generation Next closing proceedings.

Review: Herbert's most recent album, the return-to-his-deep-house-roots treat that was Musca, has been given the remix treatment for Record Store Day 2023. It's a predictably impressive package, with Floating Points - delivering a 15-minute trip into glitchy micro-house territory in fine fashion - naturally taking top billing. His remix - kind of like a minimalist take on his own early house excursions, with added early morning weirdness - is far from the only treat on show though. Seven Davis Jr delivers a rubbery, loose-limbed and quietly funky tweak of 'Might As Well Be Magical', before Herbert steps up with his 'Greenery Dub' of 'Fantasy', a slow-burn, near 10-minute affair that recalls the oddball brilliance of his turn-of-the-millennium house releases.

Review: The Dekmantel Anniversary series has proved as popular to date as you'd expect with contributions from Messrs Lone, Morphosis, Awanto 3 and Juju & Jordash. Round three arrives and you guessed it, the standards have been maintained with Hunee and Hundred20 representing either side of a delightful lime green twelve inch. Hundred20 is of course the musical endeavour betwixt Dani Plessow and his studio sparrer Felix Bergleiter, and "Minke Whale Congregation" is filled with typical MCDE flourishes such as the Raw Cuts style drums, though there is also a nice crumbled edge to the track's textural qualities. With the exciting news of a forthcoming debut album from Berlin resident Hunee still cascading around our collective mindset, "The Lowest Animal" cranks up the anticipation further - occupying the guttural end of smudged out analogue body music in the opening moments before revealing several new rattling layers of mind altering, body jacking potential.

Review: Disco bossmen HiFi Sean and David McAlmont return with their new album, Daylight, on Plastique Recordings and a fine one it is too to follow up their acclaimed 2023 debut, Happy Ending. Daylight features twelve exhilarating tracks that celebrate the essence of summer and do a good job of capturing its vibrant colours and joyous moods. This is the first of two albums from the duo in 2024, with the nocturnal counterpart, Twilight, set for release on December 1 and therefore likely to be a celebration of the moods of winter. In the meantime, your days will be long and bright and full of dancing with this one.