Help Denmark Vinyl & CDs

Review: There's just no stopping Natal Zaks at the moment. The Danish powerhouse has only just gifted us one Central album and now he's back for another round with this extra dose of eight refined deep house cuts, once again on Help Recordings. There's always time for more club gear of this quality, which ranges from the snaking opening jam 'Mulder' to the twitchy, dub-inflected 'GGGG', stopping by more experimental pastures on 'MNJ' and striking a sweet tone on 'Melx'. Quite simply, there's enough tracks here to fill out a set generously, offering something different on each run but all adhering to a high standard as we've come to expect from everything Zaks touches.

Review: Natal Zaks is Central and he is on a mission. He has got two albums dropping in summer 2002 and this is the second from the Danish powerhouse. He has perfected a refined, dynamic depth house sound and seems able to tweak the template endlessly here. Each cut has rooted drums and warm atmospheres with different melodic motifs and wispy synth designs tasing each one into a range for different moods. Things started dub and heads down then pick up with the brighter surfaces of 'Motta'. After ambient moments come 5am afters tunes like the zoned out 'Kkmo.' A fantastic effort, then.