ARON VOLTA レコード& CD

Review: The latest addition to House Puff records, Dutch DJ Aron Volta teams up with Frenchman DJ Steaw for the first in a series of exciting house EPs. Steaws' soul-inspired, bass-rich productions are the perfect counterbalance to the rolling groove on Volta's side 1, with 'Room 101' having a disco feel, whilst 'Lyre' borrows from trance sensibilities in its melodies. Side 2 sees the bass turned up a notch in piano house cut 'Inner Beauty', borrowing from classic New York 80s House, and a more melodic, rhythmic 'Cosmic Dream' is a throwback fantasy for house oldheads. Split Ep1 is a sign of even more to come hopefully, and this small sample will definitely excite you.

Review: Aron Volta, one of the first in-house artists to release with PIV, returns to the label for the hotly-awaited 'Get On Down' EP. This track has been "doing damage" on dancefloors around the world for almost two years, proving that the various crowd-tests and gestation periods for certain styles are worth the sweat. Four dreamy, vocal-samply, chorussy, and piano-rinsed squeezers nail that fidgety deep house formula, with the title track articulating a strange excess of both calm and motive. The EP takes an impressively minimal turn come 'Airtight' - and though while work done might be diminished, energy is nonetheless well conserved.