lawrence’s connoisseur hamburg house label smallville here mines its dreamiest vein yet. sure, their sounds are always deep, but the four tracks on the twentyfour ways ep all skirt and skate around in grainy, dubby house undercurrents that deal in a certain harmonic quality which evokes surreal memories and happily hypnagogic states.
opening proceedings is c-beams who displays a clear affinity for detroit all throughout his beautifully reflective contribution ‘one.’ never ending horzontal chords, fulsome kick drums and chattery claps all roam around each other with a late arriving and gentle bassline really heightening the pensive atmosphere. when flourishing key lines and sci-fi vocals come in during the final third, your fateful mission into deep space gently pushes off… hugely evocative stuff.