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Review: Apparel Wax on Apparel Music records has recently started a 7" series of which this is the third instalment of. These 45 DJ friendly records are sure to be hits with house music DJs and fans both. The music does the talking as the tracks are simply called 'Track 1' and 'Track 2'. The first blends jazz, funk into a house instrumental frenzy that has all the makings of a classic late night success. The second one is quite unusual and unique, adding a broken almost jungle beat that goes great with the piano. This gives us some real early 90s UK rave flashbacks! This versatile 7" should go over great with those who hear it!

Review: Eight is great for Apparel Wax who stick to classic deep house sounds on the label's latest missive. 'Track 1' has nice warm pads, grainy atmospheres and slick drums inviting you in deep while a perfect vocal sample tugs gently at the heart up top. 'Track 2' pairs another well selected vocal that sounds like its from some old blues record with more humid grooves. Here though there are lush jazzy keys bringing extra flavour. 'Track 3' then lays down heavyweight kicks with 'Track 4' being the most roughshod and loose limbed of the lot. A fine EP.

Review: We last heard from "vinyl-faced artist" Apparel Wax back in January, when the man (or woman) of mystery unleashed a second scorching EP of high-grade deep house on Apparel Music. For EP number three, the Son of Sleeveface takes a different tack. The untitled opener, for example, is a layered, floor-friendly, jazz dance-friendly sample collage full of vintage funk drum breaks, swinging percussion solos, fluid jazz piano solos and less than subtle nods towards hip-house. While a little messy, it's undeniably enormous fun. "Track 2" sees old wax-chops beef up and slightly weird out a jaunty, horn-heavy Afro-funk cut, while the flipside excursion is a romping deep house revision of a swirling and chiming '80s soul hit.

Review: Apparel Wax have all eyes on summer with this hot new 7" which starts a new sub-series from the long running crew. It has the in house production team at the buttons for two brilliantly deep and jazzy hope outings. The first is a nice warm soulful house roller with clipped and funky beats, a fine female vocal and endless depth. Then, on the flip, 'Track 2' is damn sexy with its lavish sax lines drifting up top over percussive grooves that are laid back and loved up. Rather fascinatingly, this one comes with "non GM seeds".

Review: Apparel Wax quickly follow up their summery sounding first 7" with a second sizzling offering that is perfect for warm nights of outdoor dancing. The label collective is behind the music which kicks off with 'Track 1', a slinky mid-tempo house cut with jazzy sax lines lighting it up and dusty drums moving your feet. On the flip things are just as airy and carefree, with 'Track 2' featuring a cute vocal and lots of fluid synth expressionism. Like the first drop, this second one comes with "non-GMO seeds."

Review: Amusingly, Apparel Music is marketing mystery producer Apparel Wax as "the vinyl-faced artist who tears dancefloors apart". While we don't doubt the latter, we'd be very surprised if his chops really were made from polyvinyl. Regardless, the mysterious figure is a producer on the rise. This second EP, which comes hot on the heels of a sold-out debut last autumn, contains another quartet of high quality cuts. The son of sleeve-face begins with the breezy warmth of "Track 1", where a disco-era soul cut is transformed into a rolling deep house gem, before strolling into more traditional U.S deep house pastures via "Track 2". Flip for the teased-out disco stomp of "Track 3" and the jazzy brilliance of "Track 4", which boasts some particularly tasty electric piano solos.

Review: Australian producer Loure received plenty of props for last year's Westside Movements EP, an impressively dusty, soul-flecked and assured debut 12" on Noire & Blanche. Happily, this follow-up for Apparel Music is every bit as strong. He begins with the sumptuously jazzy, eyes-closed New Jersey deep house vibes of "Track 1", before mixing up crackly spoken word samples, muted jazz horns and dreamy, Andres style grooves on "Track 2". On the B-side, he flits between rubbery, bass-heavy, sample-heavy grooves and immaculate, electric piano-fired breakdowns on standout "Track 3", before reaching for the life-affirming synth strings on the almost overwhelmingly rush-inducing brilliance of "Track 4". Loure is clearly a star in the making so don't sleep on this one.

Review: Apparel Music pushes forward with a four track single from label-founder Kisk. The Italian producer teams up with some associates of the imprint on a couple of the featured cuts, while Anton Kubikov reworks the title track to shape up the 'Friends' EP. Title track 'Friends' opens the single, seeing Kisk delve deep with a dusty Jazz-tinged deep house workout. Gritty drum samples, a double bass hook and a blend of cosseting Rhodes and murmuring vocal lines lay the foundations, while emotive string melodies add a further beauty to things creating a classy, understated piece to kick things off. Kisk then teams up with Undeep aka Gennaro Mastrantonio for '4Friends' following in the same ilk the duo drive the record with sweeping pads, bumpy raw rhythms and bubbling background atmospherics to again create a slow-blooming elegant record. On the latter half of the release Kisk pairs up with Portugese producer Accatone, this time taking the feel in a more upfront and direct direction as weighty sub tones fuel the tracks energy and ethereal pads, subtly processed piano hits and spoken word vocal lines drive the musicality. Then finally to close the EP Moscow based producer, notably known for his work with the likes of Kompakt and Trapez turns in a stunning melodic interpretation of 'Friends', skillfully composing dazzling piano hooks alongside heavenly pads, berloque percussion and a hefty amount of sub.