Cody Currie's self-titled EP on Pusic Records was one of the better deep house debuts of 2016. This follow-up for Better Listen is similarly impressive. It sees him showcase a range of tracks that fuse a hip-hop, sample-digging mentality with the dusty, soul-flecked deep house swing of Chicago and Detroit's jazzier producers. The rich and organic sounding opener "Hearty & Healthy"- all hip-hop vocal samples, spacey boogie synth breakdowns and MPC-driven deep house beats - is particularly alluring, though the 'Disco Mix' of "Dynamite" is also superb. The liquid deep house funk of "Beer Machine", where disco samples pop in and out of a rich backing track, feels like a late night anthem in waiting.

CISCO CISCO, Secret Reels, Corbi, Replika (Quintessentials), Fabietto Delgado (Melgado), Jacques Renault, Closed Paradise, Superbreak, Kisk, JP Source, Spilt Milk, Mike W - Kolour LTD, Osmose, Jemaho, Sleazy Beats Recordings, Evan Michael, DJ P-SOL, Better Listen Records, Ponty Mython, 80's Child, Shaka (KolourLTD, Balance Alliance), Giles Dickerson, HEIGHTS, Louis Hughes (Two Deep), The Silver Rider (Whiskey Disco), Ari Bald, Tilman, Fouk, Whiskey Pickle Records