VA – We Like The Deep / DESDD19

RELEASE: We Like The Deep
ARTIST(S): C’est Moi, Chocky, Ivan Latyshev, James Dexter, Langenberg, The Unhottest, Thierry Tomas, Tom Flynn, Vincenzo

REMIXERS: Dario D’Attis, Genius Of Time

LABEL: Dessous Recordings, DESDD19
GENRE: Deep House
RELEASED: 2018-09-14
BITRATE: 320Kbps
DOWNLOAD SIZE: 181.97 MB

TOTAL TRACKS 11

1. Thierry Tomas – Piu Piu (Original Mix) (08:43) / 10B, 118bpm
2. Langenberg – Groove 26 (Original Mix) (05:39) / 08A, 120bpm
3. James Dexter – 120 (Original Mix) (06:30) / 07A, 120bpm
4. C’est Moi – This Song (Dario D’Attis Remix) (06:57) / 10A, 121bpm
5. Chocky – Self Knowledge (Dub) (07:29) / 05A, 116bpm
6. Tom Flynn – Pluck (Original Mix) (09:08) / 08A, 119bpm
7. James Dexter – Disco Deep (Original Mix) (06:44) / 08A, 118bpm
8. Chocky – Double Dip (Original Mix) (08:02) / 10A, 120bpm
9. The Unhottest – We All We Be (Original Mix) (05:42) / 03A, 115bpm
10. Vincenzo – 106 Downtown (Genius Of Time Remix) (08:09) / 07B, 112bpm
11. Ivan Latyshev – Old Ages (Original Mix) (06:08) / 12A, 117bpm

Total Playtime: 01:19:11 min

For those who like their house deep, groovy and emotion-rich, Dessous’s back catalogue is a veritable goldmine. It is rather vast, though, so it’s good to see the Steve Bug-helmed imprint giving us a few pointers via this excellent compilation. Check, for example, the drowsy chords, undulating bass and jazzy drums of Thierry Tomas’s “Piu Piu”, the basement-bothering tech-tinged chunkiness of James Dexter’s “120” and the ultra-deep late night hyonotism of Chocky’s “Self-Knowledge (Dub)”, where hazy and trippy synthesizer motifs ebb and flow over a locked-in groove. Further highlights come in the shape of Tom Flynn’s fuzzy and far-out “Pluck” and a brilliant mid-tempo Genius of Time rub of Vincenzo’s “106 Downtown” full of gentle acid lines and freaky electronic noises.