GARRETT DAVID Vinyl & CDs

Review: Smart Bar resident and Chicago house producer Garrett David does a fine job of distilling all his hometown's most revered tropes into this kicking new EP on Mate. It is his second outing for the Spanish label and explores more deep but propulsive deep house worlds, with opener 'Loop Soup' pairing a rasping bassline with cosmic chords and nice raw drums and perc. 'Work 4 Love' then brings the party with hand-raising chords, lush bassline soulfulness and more than a hint of old US house school magic. This most timeless and tasteful EP closes with another perfect house cut, 'Longo Time' with lovely leggy drums.

Review: REPRESS ALERT: Smart Bar resident and Chicago champion Garrett David has been rolling out sumptuous deep house with a techno edge for many years, via his own Stripped & Chewed label as well as the likes of Distant Hawaii and Residual. Now he lands on Spanish label Mate, following in the footsteps of Javonntte, Gari Romalis, Reggie Dokes and many others. The EP opens up with the frankly gorgeous tones of "On The Bridge Of Boscobel" before nudging up in intensity for the pattering jack of "Mike Experiment". "Sassy Lead & A Familiar Bark" is a smooth and serene floor cut furnished with gorgeous sweeps of melody, while "Whatever, Whatever" takes things deeper into a nocturnal state of mind with smouldering keys and a heads down rhythm section.