LAURENCE GUY

Review: It has been hard to keep up with the high rate of - high quality - relates from the Shall Not Fade camp this year. They have covered plenty of stylistic ground and now offer up a bit of everything from the ever relabel London-based producer Lawrence Guy. His today 10" opens with a big bit of celebratory, hands in the air house. 'Your Good Times Are Here' has subtle acid, happy chords and driving drums that all equate to a breezy and feel good dynamic. 'I Know You Feel Sad' is a sombre interlude with heartbroken chords and vocal snippets next to lingering trumpet motifs and 'Yeh Good, You?' then gets back to building good house vibes. A second tender piece comes in the form of 'Mutual Disappointment Is A Terrible Thing' and its plaintive pianos.

Review: Having set his stall out via a string of quietly impressive singles over the last two years, deep house producer Laurence Guy is ready to unleash his debut album. Saw You For The First Time is a typically rich and hazy affair, with the Church regular making use of various dusty, jazz-flecked samples and analogue-sounding electronic instruments across a ten-track set that mixes rolling, club-ready fare with occasional bouts of downtempo introspection (see "Claudi", "Into" and the deliciously saucer-eyed "Orchard Road"). Guy makes great use of guest vocalist Steve Spacek on the sumptuous space jazz warmth of "Drum is a Woman", while Ishmael makes his presence felt on "Anchor", where twinkling pianos and dreamy chords ride a fluid, floor-friendly deep house groove.

Review: London-based producer Laurence Guy returns to Japanese label Mule Musiq to follow up last year's wonderful "All I See Is Her" EP. More sublime and dreamy mood music of the deeper persuasion featured here, from the skippy/looped-up melancholia of glassy-eyed epic "Why Do Cowboys Never Die In The East?" (13 minutes of pure bliss if we've ever heard one) to quality B side offerings: the UK-style jazzy broken beat of "The One Where I Like The Vocals" and EP highlight "Dissociation In The Car Park At Sainsbury's" - the humorous name covers up an entirely sombre and introspective affair, where woozy and meandering chords support brittle and dusty rhythms - just grasping for a small moment of hope.