Subb An

Review: With such a heavyweight trio of tech-house talents involved, you'd expect this surprise studio hook-up between Enzo Siragusa, Archie Hamilton and Subb-An to be rather good. Predictably, both tracks hit the spot. A-side "Playdem" hits all the right notes, with the experienced threesome wrapping creepy chords, jaunty piano motifs and carefully chosen spoken word snippets around a fireside-warm bassline and snappy, handclap-heavy machine drums. The fun continues on flipside "Shimmering", a ludicrously loose and bass-heavy roller blessed with deep and trippy electronics and just the right of late night funk. Really, though, it's the weightiness of the sub-bass that hits home hardest.

Review: Given the amount of labels he's appeared on over the years, it's something of a surprise to find that this is Subb An's first outing on INFUSE. As usual, the experienced tech-house producer delivers the goods, beginning with the undulating, bass-heavy late night hustle of funk-fuelled A-side "Future-Wise". While it's little more than a killer, bassline-driven groove with a few tweaked acid lines and strange effects now and then, there's no denying the track's dancefloor chops. He continues on a similar theme on "111", wrapping watery riffs and spacey electronic motifs around a locked-in rhythm and booming bassline, while "Move (5Am Dub)" is a similarly trippy and hypnotic affair tailor-made for early morning sets.

Review: Diego Krause seems to have been doing a tour of European studios throughout 2017. This three-track hook-up with prolific producer Subb-An is his second collaborative release of the year. Interestingly, all three tracks put bold, bustling and occasionally bass-heavy percussion to the fore. This is particularly noticeable on booming opener "Atlantic 1", whose weighty kicks, snares and drum machine cymbals are accompanied by a sizeable bassline and druggy aural textures. There's a looser and jazzier feel to "Atlantis 2", where jaunty stabs dance around a swinging late night backing track, while "Atlantis 3" is a more traditional tech-house take on the same theme.