The Sound Of The Sun vinyl

Through his albums and singles on Yoruba Records, Mike Steva has established a reputation as a fine proponent of what he calls "international house" - a style that combines deep, soulful and tech-house sounds with instrumentation, percussion and rhythms from around the World. Here he brings that distinctive brand of open-minded dancefloor musicality to Innervisions for the first time. Check first the sampled birdsong, nagging electronic riffs and Osunlade-inspired tech-house grooves of 'Dawn of a New Day', before admiring the locked-in beats, hazy synth stabs and surprising Spanish guitar riffs of 'Sound of the Sun', arguably the EP's standout moment. Elsewhere, 'Time of Light' is a more raw-sounding slab of tech-house hedonism, while 'Baba Himalaya' is a sublime blend of African-inspired percussion, Indian vocal chants and Marimba style melodies.