HDV Vinyl & CDs

Review: Sounds Benefit founder Tom Joyce cast his net far and wide when sniffing out cuts to include on the label's latest multi-artist EP. There's plenty of little-known talent on show across the four tracks that make-up the EP, which come from artists based in Frankfurt, Paris and - most surprisingly - Casablanca. We're particularly enjoying the hybrid electro/spacey tech-house bounce of Peter Raw's wonderfully swinging "Brotherhood", though the deep and melodious electro bounce of Kosh's "The Mess" is also really rather good. Elsewhere, Manuel Schatz and Rob Amboule offer up some bold and snappy Motor City techno/acid house fusion, while HDV's "Digital Delight" is raw, analogue, funky and decidedly alien in tone.

Review: One half of Loop Exposure and long-time Rakya compadre, HDV releases his first debut solo on the French label and he's marked the occasion with a very special set. Each cut performed and recorded in one take direct from his live set up, 'A Sinner In The City' takes us on a trip through HDV's palettes from sublime, euphoric jacking highs ('Questions & Answers') to poignant emotional shuffling lows ('Farewell Sunset') via runaway late night acid house freight trains ('It Took A Minute To Realize') All analog, all dreamy and warmer than the summer we had taken away from us this year; every sinner is welcome in HDV's house.