Houseum Vinyl & CDs

Review: Ricky Razu hails from Belgium and has been recently tipped as one of the forerunners of Belgium's next house musical wave, building on a vast background of jazz, boogie, hip-hop and disco. 'Cosmic Waves' packs six glossy house aerials onto a single slab, whisking the listener away into a jetstream of breathalised pads and reverent plucks. Echoes, but only echoes, of classic rave/piano house are exposed on opener 'Running (Back To You)', while the developmental thrust of the EP evidences itself in the cold, lunar storm that is 'Cosmic Waves', not to mention the passerine choral hums of 'Bloom'. Then the B goes tricky, harking back to both 90s organ house and 20s future downtempo with 'Go With The Flow' and 'Need To Know' respectively, before rounding off on a right-on, but slowly moving neo-breaks come soul bloom with 'Kiss'.