Manitou France レコード& CD

Review: Like much related to Paris's Yoyaku Studio, the Manitou series launched late last year with no concrete info on the mystery artist behind it. Predictably, this follow-up comes from another anonymous producer. The A-side track reminds us of mid-'90s British tech-house rather than contemporary European productions, featuring as it does Motor City style spacey electronics over a chunky house groove. The bold kick-drums and snappy snares return on the deep, bass-heavy and woozy "Track 2", before our man or woman of mystery breaks up the beats and reaches for the crashing cymbals on fluid and tactile closer "Track 3".