Legendary Chicago crooner Robert Owens pops up with a double CD album on Munich imprint Compost. With fellow house music luminary and fellow Fingers Inc colleague Larry Heard and English veteran Atjazz on production duties (with Beanfield and Show-B also chipping in), it's a fascinating return to form for Owens in solo mode. The two CDs on offer are seemingly split into two distinct categories: headphone friendly soulful jazzy moments and more club-orientated house tackle. On CD1, slow, shimmering melodies are showcased on "One Love" and "Same Old Thing", while "Wonderful" has a rolling jazz charm and "Hearts and Soul" retains a soulful disco-house strut. All of this is underpinned by Owen's timeless voice, with those entrusted with knob twiddling duties careful retain relatively spare and stripped back instrumentation. The second CD sees a more throbbing house pulse prevail throughout, from the sweaty urgency of "Unique" to the chunky deepness of "Moments".

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