DJ Aakmael - OceandeepDeep house foot soldier DJ Aakmael strikes a perfect balance between gritty grooves and heady escapism with the music he makes. He's fairly prolific, too, and never goes too long between 12"s. He's back on his own Unxpozd Entertainment here with its 10th outing and it opens with the irresistible head nodder 'Oceandeep'. 'Nature' has more widescreen atmosphere with smeared chords swirling round the cuddly kicks and 'Reach 4 My Luv' then offering an

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a volley of poetic

where they bump into a Lost Girl that once appeared on an infamous mixtape of one of QBs finest

Bennie And The Jets 5:23

Peaceful Thinking 8:17

the pair recruited the talents of SHOLTO's longtime friend and collaborator Clementine Brown (Penguin Cafe Orchestra) and Matthew Hayes of 30/70

fritzed Arthur Russel-esque scuzz

Les Baxter and Henry Mancini can all be discerned here

The revered Naples band formed in the late 80s and has worked with greats like Massive Attack and Adrian Sherwood across more than 15 albums and are currently on a special 30th anniversary tour

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Issued in 1979 on Allan Wachs’ own True Vine imprint