It's increasingly looking like the 'house revival' is very much on, and when the results are as pleasing as Sci+Tec s take on it, let's hope it doesn't burn out too quickly... Not content with with forging arena-sized, Grammy-scooping pop dance as one half of Deep Dish and then virtually being the single most influential techno producer of the last two years in his downtime, it seems that Ali Dubfire's next trick is to show the world that his A&R skills are as razor-sharp as his tunes.
He's certainly being consistent. New releases from Sci+Tec are as good as guarantees for fervent dancefloor reaction as you'll likely to get and while this is something of a departure from the usual high-sheen science that's become the label's trademark, ploughing an altogether more house-led furrow, it's not far off being an essential weapon for the coming months.
Here, the team of Neapolitan native and Circoloco mainstay Davdid Sequillace and photographer/producer Michele Tabucchi serves up a lolloping, percussive roller which wears its tribal influences on its sleeve. Cut-up African vocal snippets are in abundance, the track's groove is nothing short of brilliant and has 'daytime party' written all over it. Not only that, but it keeps a grimy, underground feel whilst having the customary SCI-TEC sheen-covered sensibility.
German Mathias Kaden steers the ship into even housier waters than before, and delivers a useful reinterpretation . Riding on the same quality groove, it ups the organic quotient even more. What it loses in bounce, it makes up for in atmosphere. It's definitely the cut the purists will be reaching for.
While there are doubtless many out there who will be waiting for SCI+TEC's halo to start slipping, they'll have to wait for a bit longer yet...
