Blow Up vinyl

Monty Luke's Black Catalogue label has been building up an impressive discography over the last few years, largely featuring a mix of local Detroit artists and hand picked international talents. Here, he hands a label debut to Atlanta's Stefan Ringer, whose previous credits include outings on NDATL Muzik and The Love Below. He's in fine form here, delivering a quartet of deep house gems built around rubbery synths, Motor City style deep space electronics, and deep, jazz-flecked drum machine grooves. He adds his own spoken vocals to release highlights "Fri/Sat Nite" and "Body", with the latter's darting bass, swirling pads and jazzy cymbals making a genuinely long lasting impression. Closer "Overtone" - a kind of futurist take on soulful broken beat - is also superb.