OCTAVE Vinyl & CDs

Review: Fantastic Friends remains a reliable outpost for warm and inviting minimal tech house from the cosy climes of Geneva, and this intermittent series of various artist releases provide a great overview of the label's sound and wider artistic community. Christian Burkhardt opens up this record with the slinky, looped up groove of 'Buto', while Octave encircles your ears with the seductive bassline undulations of 'The Message'. Label boss Nicolas Duvoisin takes the chance to air his own craft on the deliciously dubby 'Kempin' and Mihai Popoviciu gets locked into a rubbery slice of stripped down class on 'Fast Forward'.