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Review: Bay Area native Cody Ferreira has made some terrific music as CoFlo over the past few years, in the process developing a trademark sound that draws much influence from Latin music, tropical rhythms, humid instrumentation and the sonically detailed deep house productions of Ron Trent. 'A Warriors Dance' continues this trend, with jaunty pianos, warm electronics and woozy synth sounds riding above a Latin-tinged deep house groove laden with organic-sounding percussion. He provides a wonderful, jazz-funk influenced, Kaidi Tatham style 'Backside Remix' of his own, while Ron Trent delivers an ultra-percussive revision built around a raw analogue bassline and heady ambient chords. More heavily electronic, sun-kissed bonus cut 'Minha Mae Lemanja' completes a fine EP.

Review: There are plenty of rich influences in this EP from Coflo - from the Latin percussion to the jazzy melodies, the tribal drums sounds to the lush depths of the drums. That makes it the sort of EP that that is perfectly suited to the warmer months, to bar parties, sundown sessions and dancing outdoors under the hot sun. 'Transition Deep' (Coflo remix) kicks off with the gentle patter of percussion and flute melodies that life your soul. 'Menina' (Coflo's mix) has more of an Afro feel to it and 'Feels Like' (club Fusion mix) is a lively one with big chords plenty of cosmic guitar lines.