The Londinium EP is the latest release on Uzuri Recordings and welcomes Chicago Skyway back to the fold. Not that he’s been away too long, having produced a full 12” release and contributed to the ‘From Chicago Turin Amsterdam & Dublin With Love EP’ just last year. We also welcome Hakim Murphy to the label – with his credentials it was only a matter of time before our paths crossed!As the title suggests, this release was inspired, conceptually at least, by our nation’s capital, and it’s apparent that Sean has spent quite enough time here to get the gist of the place, with the B-side tracks entitled Traffic and Noise, respectively. I’m sure he loves it here, really.Musically, he keeps it closer to his Windy City heart – very clearly reflecting his roots, in fact. As a DJ and club promoter in mid 90s Chicago, Sean frequently shared the decks with some of the city’s biggest talents at that time – Cajmere, Gene Farris and Spencer Kinsey (Gemini) among them, and one could say that there’s an audible Relief flavour to A-side, London Streets, with it’s stripped-back, hypnotic stomp. It’s fitting that Hakim Murphy remixes the track, coming from similar roots within Chicago’s scene, and his own reworking retains the drawn-out essence of the original but brings a whole new hips-and-shoulders groove to the track. On the flip, Traffic plays out a very simple analogue groove over a clapping 808 percussive pattern. The sonic equivalent of being stuck in a stationary car with Larry Heard, perhaps? Or maybe just a really sweet track. Noise can be taken more literally, I think. A slow, static-filled monster of a track – not abrasive for the sake of it – instead switching between muffled warmth and the hiss of synths working overtime. Four for the floor



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Although it has found emotional music from France, Russia and South Africa over the years, for this release it returns to the birthplace of deep house, Chicago, to focus on up and coming producer Matthew Wieck. Opening the EP with the wiry tones and lush pads of "Flying Feeling" whichs take you up into the stratosphere with its floaty vibe, it's complimented by "Hydroacoustics", which utilises an aquatic arpeggio lead and warm, oozing pad underneath, held together with crips, charged percussive work. On the flipside "Worlds Beyond" demonstrates Wieck's darker side, with an acid bassline riffing against cavernous piano in what sounds like a more introverted take on Larry Heard. Altered Moods boss Malcolm Moore finishes off the EP with "Cleared Direct", an 808 jam held together with foggy chords and disembodied radio transmissions - the perfect compliment to Wieck's fine material.

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