Vincent Casanova – Cosmic Bikini EP (2005)

Epsilonlab

• House 
• Tech-house 
• Club dance 
• Electronic music 
• Electro house

Comment: first of all, it is quite annoying to review house and club music related issues because those ones are quite orthodox by its nature except if a style is still in the beginning of its formation. For example, Vincent Casanova's 4-notch outing is a strong statement through electro house and tech-house pathways. All the mandatory elements which make music loveable are nicely represented over there - catchy rhythms, iterative rhythmic patterns, hovering synthesisers atop. At times you will forget yourself in the midst of those trance-inducing gaits. What else to add? I like the title. Even more I would like to know who is supposed to wear the cloth? The outing is a bit in the discography of Montrèal-based imprint Epsilonlab. Solid work.

Jeff Bennett – Doubting Faces EP (2004)

Epsilonlab

• Tech-house 
• Club dance 
• Alternative dance 
• Deep house

Comment: I am sure it was a happy period of time in the beginning of the 00s when such labels as Epsilonlab, Thinner, Kahvi Collective, Autoplate, and Monotonik started off to develop a new, net label-based platform for the club oriented scene. For example, there is up Jeff Bennett with three compositions full of trance-y magic being conjured up by monotonous yet enchanting techno influenced beats in the vein of house music. Frequently the techno influenced vibe will be jettisoned for more deeper and nocturnal vibrations. It is far more than just a collection of tracks - it is the feeling, it is the mood. It is the superimposed quality of variegated beats and sublime softened synthesised chords and synergy pouring out of it. For me, it reminds of those times approximately 20 years ago when club music, especially deep house, and drum and bass were those styles which would influence me profoundly. Top tier, for sure. The issue was the first release in the discography of Montrèal-based imprint Epsilonlab.

Eloi Brunelle – Psychotonic EP (2005)

Epsilonlab

• House 
• Electro-house 
• Electro 
• Alternative dance 
• Club dance 
• Robot pop 
• Italo disco

Comment: that's cool that there are up some issues under Montrèal-based imprint Epsilonlab waiting to be listened in my mp3 player. One of them, Eloi Brunelle's 4-track outing is already here to be enjoyed and analyzed. If you are enjoying club dance in the vein of house and electro then the recent issue and the imprint are thought to you. It is fairly tickling to listen to these slightly nervous electro propulsions being dynamic and mind-blowing at the same time. Secondly, this is a plateau to cross poppy vibrations with robotic, technical dance. More profoundly, one can hear almost unremarkably slippy developments to come from one phase for to splice with the next one. Indeed, these are up magic moments to say us we are just human beings who are searching for a medium to connect one's inner space to God's power. For instance, listen to Perfect, the Italo disco killer. It is thoroughly transcendental due to the shamanic iteration on tinny bass rhythms. It involves transaction, it involves transmission, it involves love, it involves even more love. That's perfect. With regard to each case, with regard to it as a whole.

Alland Byallo - Club Soda & Salt (2004)

Epsilonlab

9.7

/Dub-tech, Tech-house, Deep house, Electro-house, Avant-funk/

Comment: Alland Bryant Byallo aka Hall Monitor, is a DJ producer and label owner from California, issued his debut, 4-tracked piece in 2004 on Epsilonlab (most of the publications on this label should be recognized as classic ones today). This EP does have 2 dimensions on its own - the first of them consists of deep tech-house, shimmery electro-house, and at times dub-tech, which, at the second stage used to seamlessly expand into an instance of irresistible funk and techno disco streaming - it can be mentioned as a predecessor of the tunes of nowadays future funk. By the way, the starting track Good Touch is remixed by Éloi Brunelle.

Alexandre Bilodeau - Veins-tu (2006)

Epsilonlab

9.3

/Deep house, Dub house, Tech-house, Club dance, Electro/

Comment: This release is a truly classic one even if it is not unsung to it yet. Coming out from Montrèal, Quebec, Canada, it shows up the chunky beats and drilling-ness of electro, bubblegum-ism, hypnotic repetition-relied house rhythm patterns - veering from dubbed house to deep house, and over to tech-house. The value of the issue is universal, i.e being hidden in its ambivalence - it is thought for the stages of the music clubs and for listening in the cozy ambience in the late night hour somewhere. In any cases, it coils your very mood up.