YRE030

Yore returns after with the first appearance on the label by the Edinburgh-based outfit 2DeepSoul, which counts Brad Peterson and Rai Scott as its members. The two bring a wealth of experience to the project: Peterson’s been DJing since the early ’90s and since 1997 has appeared on labels such as MacIntosh Music, Moods and Grooves, and his own innershift imprint. His influences include deep house, Detroit techno, and ’90s UK electronic music, and his affection for ’60s-’70s jazz comes through in Mood Sync’s earthier moments, with congas audible in a couple of tracks and a greasy organ solo surfacing in another. Like Peterson, Scott established herself as a DJ before issuing her first release (under the Serendipity name) on Berlin’s Mixomat Recordings in 2008 and following it up with outings on Inner Shift Music and Minuendo Recordings. She also shares with Peterson a love for Detroit techno as well as early Chicago and UK house. The opening cut “Intrinsic” spotlights everything that makes 2DeepSoul’s sound so appealing-a breezily swinging house groove, synth treatments that lend the music a dreamily atmospheric quality, a bass pulse lightly tinged with acid flavour, and a main synth melody that warbles like some lazer beamed in from some distant galaxy. Best of all, the cut draws together elements from a number of genres but does so in a way that feels seamless. A little more straightforward by comparison are “Flow Theory,” which derives its impetus from a chugging house groove and the aforementioned organ solo, and “Power,” which brings the duo’s dreamier side to the forefront in the tune’s enveloping production and warm deep house vibe. That they are relatively straightforward doesn’t makes them both dj-friendly and equally satisfying on listening grounds.

YRE-030 / 12 inch record
Release Date: 20.03.2014