A masterful debut on the Aus imprint for Preston's favourite son Cottam, with Deep Deep Down continuing the lineage of thick set mid tempo acid explorations last seen on his Use Of Weapons twelve inch. Sprawling luxuriously across the length of the A Side, the title track builds effortlessly from the spacious grooves and alien chug of the opening moments into a sumptuous array of floating sax, twisting acid lines and forever floating pads. "Deep Deep Down" is a finely judged nine minutes of techno paced at slo mo house speed, and Aus have chosen wisely in the remix department. Step forward Vakula, whose remix is drastically shorter but filled to the brim with the kind of production eccentricities you'd expect from the Ukrainian, completely realigning the feel of the track despite retaining some core elements. Cottam completes this excellent 12" with the quite aptly named "Twang", a seven minute boogie burner that should be viewed as an updated take on the self released twelves upon which he came to fame.
