Covering 5 tracks from the hotly anticipated "Anjunadeep 05" compilation mixed by Jody Wisternoff and James Grant, this sampler features exclusive material from UK house duo Dusky, Andrew Bayer & James Grant, the much-loved Solarity and rising star Universal Solution.
Opening things up is Andrew Bayer & James Grant's uniquely deep take on "It's Cool" by Australian indie-electronic act The Presets - taken from last year's gold selling album "Pacifica". Stripping things back entirely, Bayer and Grant reconstruct the original into a moody, hypnotic vocal deep house epic - complete with stirring pianos.
Responsible for some of the biggest deep house tracks of the past 18 months in "Flo Jam" and "Nobody Else", London duo Dusky return to the label that released their debut album "Stick By This" with the atmospheric "Mr Man". Already a favourite of Sasha among others, "Mr Man" sees Dusky take a more measured approach with deep, brooding bass grooves, hypnotic textures and a classy piano refrain.
Andrew Bayer & James Grant team up again for the brilliant "Living". Soaked in lazy groove and percussive fills, "Living" is a deep, melodic house gem that unravels beautifully and climaxes on a washing, emotion-loaded breakdown.
Hotly tipped talent Gavin Holland aka Universal Solution then contributes with the spacey and epic "Osheen". A great introduction to the label, "Osheen" blends a dark, growling bassline with LTJ Bukem-esque soundscapes to create a perfect Anjunadeep alchemy.
Completing the package is the blissed-out ambient electronica of Solarity's "Symbols", who make a much-anticipated return to the label.
Release Date: 15th July 2013
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Dimitri Kechagias review: The anticipation is over cause very soon your midnight summer dream will have its own well deserved soundtrack. If you were thinking to buy just one compilation this summer from the deep/tech/prog house scene, this must be by far Anjunadeep 05. The legendary Jody Wisternoff and the mastermind behind Anjunadeep, James Grant select for you unreleased and exclusive timeless material to change your perception of reality for ever. The sampler from James Grant mix CD wil turn many miserable faces to happy ones and send them to heaven for sure. 5 real jewels that demand your attention and will touch your deepest depths of your soul. First of all is Andrew Bayer & James Grant's remix on "It's Cool" by The Presets. Deep haunting funky basslines, groovy techy minimal like beats, warm melodies and on top shine the unique vocals by The Presets. The track is elevated to a higher level with this laidback and very spacey atmospheric version. Next is Dusky with their beautiful deep housey with traces of UK garage influences Mr Man. Its deep and sexy but its danceable and very shaking too. Andrew Bayer & James Grant compose the "Living" and is definitely one that make you feel ready to kick off your life and be alive and kicking. Its very melodic and spacey with exceptional ambient infused breakdown, bubbly beats, warm serious sounding basslines and even some cool heavenly vocals that stay in the background and play around with the various soundlayers in a hypnotic way. Next is Universal Solution with Osheen. Its lovely melodic progressive house meets trance laidback track that takes you for a 9 minutes journey that is spiritual and inspiring as well. You feel rejuvenated and absolutely mesmerised from its synths, luscious melodies and cinematic atmosphere. Lastly Solarity that stand out with their original and remixes provide a very Orbish or type of chill out/lounge music beauty that can move you easily to spaces and magical places. Anjunadeep 0 is shaped to be one of the finest compilations of the year. Love iT
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