This EP is a new and very welcome side of the Minimal Wave label that I didn't expect to find! In the same way that classic Chris and Cosey manage to do, Graham Philip D'Ancey's Sacred Heart has four solid cuts that simultaneously appeal to the Italo, Chicago house, minimal synth/cold wave AND deep house heads! It has the creepy tempo of some of the more mid-tempo cuts from Fingers Inc. (mainly instrumental though) mixed with the flourishes of Italo (see "Sacred Heart" and "Sacred Blood"). "Sacred Passion" has a little bit of the more obvious electro-pop stylings, but it's "Sacred Dance" (along with the aforementioned "Sacred Heart") that really takes the cake here. The track has the total thuddy crawl/synth stab of Theo Parrish's "Dirt Rhodes" or his synthy-er, recently re-released Parallel Dimensions album, but with a darker edge and unexpectedly great boogie down flutes in the mix! As always, this EP is housed in beautiful, very well thought out packaging plus a bit of a cherry on top: 160 gram white vinyl (a first for Minimal Wave.) This is an EP of rare beauty that will sound as great alongside Throbbing Gristle's "United" as it does, Fingers Inc.'s "Feeling Sleazy" or even a slow Lindstrom track! Recommended! (Other Music review)
