Bass Culture France Vinyl & CDs

Review: Liam Dadds is Velvet Velour, one of house music's new school talents with top-notch outings on cool labels like The Brane, Butter Side Up, Mindhelmet and Small Hours. French legend D'Julz has now tapped him up for his Bass Culture label and the boy done good in return. As always these are fist-pumping and house cuts that power though deep space with a whole world of effects, sci-fi details and colourful synth lines paired with super fresh bass. We love it and so do dancefloors, such is the potency and catchiness of these sounds.

Review: Relative but strong newcomer ZKY, lands their New Standards EP on the fantastic French label Bass Culture. The EP includes four house standouts that are reminding us of gems that you would find on Nu Groove or Strictly Rhythm. 'Zycho' is a spirited tech house track that is as exciting as it is deep while 'Floating Phonk' adds a robotic funk to the mixture of deep and fun dance music. For the second side, 'Sonar Train' is a more futuristic ride that becomes an addictive workout quickly. 'Feeling RG' wraps up the EP on a soulful mood with this strong end of the nighter. ZKY is making waves in the scene and should be a producer we can look forward to hearing more from. We really like these mid 90s house sounds - not to be overlooked.