LEONID NEVERMIND Vinyl & CDs

Review: Launched last year, Chicago label Stolen Kisses has impressed with its intermittent output thus far, securing material from Hakim Murphy and BNJMN as well as Santiago Salazar and Andy Stott remixes. Founder Steve Mizek (who also runs Little White Earbuds) revealed earlier this year that the label would now have a limited five release shelf life as sub label to his main Argot operation, but this third drop demonstrates Stolen Kisses is no less ambitious in its output. Spanish producer Leonid Nevermind provides the original material on Third Kiss, with the excellently titled "Crushed Icebreaker" a thick, dizzying house groove characterised by the type of production idiosyncrasies that grab you from the off. "Passion's Limiter" begins in more traditional deep house territory, though there's a pleasant, gradual shift in sound as it progresses, with the vocal passage deep into the track likely to surprise many. The label's high standards of remix commissions are maintained with Frankfurt icon Roman Flugel drawing a sumptuous rendition of "Crushed Icebreaker" across the B Side expanses.

Review: Leonid Nevermind's Light Is Here EP released in May on Belgium label Nowar was quite a hit for the relatively unknown artist - so much so that "Feel" and "Thymus Stimulator" are now released as remixes on Nowar with Detroit's Kris Wadsworth, Duijn & Douglas and UK deep house producer Miles Sagnia taking the role. First up is Dutch duo Duijn & Douglas and their take on "Thymus Stimulator"; their blend of deep, funky and floor orientated grooves winning the dance floor vote of the three. On the flipside Wadsworth turns "Feel" on its US jackin' head by stripping the original warmth down to raw, machine like punch. Last up is Atmosphere Existence boss Miles Sagnia who employs his usual humid deep house charm to give "Feel" a sweet and funky edge for the 'Drifting Soul' remix.