New releases this week: Funky/Club House

Review: A warm welcome back to the shadowy NANN imprint, whose debut release -the brilliant 'Cog in the Wheel' - sold out in record time earlier in the year. There was a good reason for that, of course: it brilliantly turned a dusty chunk of modern soul into a driving, ear-catching deep house delight. The three tracks here are similar cut-and-paste, sample-heavy affairs, each utterly inspired. 'Love Issues' is a bubbly, rolling acid jam rich in TB-303 lines, wild electrofunk synth flourishes, chunky drum machine beats and elements lifted from an old French boogie jam, while 'Burning Hot' is a rolling number rich in chunky, hip-house style beats, toasty organ chords and undulating acid bass. 'Patron', meanwhile, adds weighty, bass-heavy house bounce to the Godfather of Soul with predictably impressive results.

Review: It's a case of old school meets new school on this fresh new slice of house from Defected. Representing the vets is the one and only Louie Vega, while in the contemporary corner are New York's finest, the Martinez Brothers. Marc E Bassy also pops up on vocals for this feel good deep house gem. His part sung, part rapped delivery comes over soul drenched beats and nice singing leads, which have long been a hallmark of the great Masters at Work man, Vega. A TMBLV mix is more pumping, Honey Dijon cuts loose on elastic bass and rugged rhythms and Dom Dolla offers a more energetic and main room version.