Smutty Edits 01 vinyl

Smutty Edits is the brainchild of Jeroen Van der Smut, a music aficionado who - it is said, after indulging in kilos of Gouda cheese, chips with mayo and pancakes - left Amsterdam over thirty years ago for Anjuna Beach in India. It's a tale as old as time; a chosen dance adventurist leaves behind their quotidian European origin, in search of joys beyond the curtain of the east. Settling into the worlds of Goa trance and other adjacent electronic musics, Smut began to soak in their potents; and now, after years of surveying and reconnaissance, comes a true special ops mission: the 'Smutty Edits Series'. This first edition is a charming mix of rough-n'-tumble new beat, Balearic house ('Neukolln Riviera'), phosphorescent trance (the Board In Dust edit of 'Penkin Vogue House' is a real highlight) and minimal house come chillout, there are few vestiges of Goa here, though the record still betrays a worldly, lifelong globetrot's worth of accruing musical experiences and influences.