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Compost Black Label 5
Enter.Ibiza 2013
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Ultrasoft! Anthems 33
Till Von Sein

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Xtrah

Simon Hinter: Pacific / Stay
Phil Records

Having previously released material on ProgCity Deep Trax, Team Records, and Midnight Shift since starting music production in 2000, Simon Hinter now appears on Philogresz's Phil Records with a fine two-tracker. The twelve-inch release, the label's sixth, augments two originals by the Germany-based Hinter with remixes by Philogresz and Basic Soul Unit.

The first original, “Pacific” is as breezy as the ocean its name evokes, a gently uplifting house cut that exudes a subtle whiff of melancholy and longing, rather like a memory welling up in consciousness of a summer long past. It's not all warm pads and soothing textures, though; also present is a sweetly swinging groove to help offset the nostalgic feeling. The Netherlands-based Soylu contributes a “Philogresz Shift” version of “Pacific” whose infectious swagger beefs up the groove quotient and amps up the textural dimension a tad as well. Claps and synth smears add scenic colour to Hinter's cut, making the Philogresz version a more panoramic and aggressive riff on the original.

October 2013