C POWERS Vinyl & CDs

Review: Georgia native Chris Powers is said to have honed his skills in Chicago via "the foggy clubs of London". He is back on his home turf these days with a residency at Atlanta's Hunger club night and his own Cape Fear gig in Savannah. Appearing here for NYC upstarts Alliance Upholstery, Powers delivers the rather impressive "All Right", a dusty and looped up house affair with sampled disco aesthetics adding to its allure. It gets a bunch of stellar remixes too, courtesy of Chicago legend Parris Mitchell who injects some added funk and sleazy disco aesthetic for added measure. On the flip, one of the true masters of deepness himself Kai Alce delivers another life affirming "NDATL Dub" which is always worthy of your attention until John Barrera & Will Martin deliver their absolutely electric rendition of the funky disco house persuasion.

Review: C Powers, or otherwise known as Chris Powers, is an American producer and DJ who makes daring, rough-edged techno for the outsiders. This latest EP comes courtesy of Proper Trax and it contains four filthy floor bangers, all nicely broken and fuzzy as you'd expect from the man. "Ben" is a deep four-to-the-floor missile travelling through wormholes and the like, while "CEO" is a piano-led house destroyer complete with a rough collection of percussion shots and twisted vocal chops. On the flip, Powers is all bleeps and cavernous kicks in the form of "Electric Slide", while "WXD" goes for a clubbier approach, one that's heavy on the chords and mean on the groove. Propah!