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Artist:	ABOVE SMOKE
Title:	The Damned
Label:	FEAR OF FLYING (UK)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	FOFRED 006EP

"Think of deep house and it isn't all that often that one casts their attention on Spain, a country more famous for its hedonistic forays into the tougher side of dance music, but all that started to change a few years back when Above Smoke (or Javier to his Mum) and brother Jose aka Dubbyman set up the rather superb Deep Explorer music (label of the month in Resident Advisor). Impressed as we were, we asked Javier to provide a demo for us. Beautiful musical and musically deep, we're really quite chuffed to be able to present these 3 tracks on our very limited vinyl only label. 'The Damned' smoulders with a seductive old piano sample and classic deep house drums. 'Upset' will probably be viewed as the more accessible of the 3, with a punchy kick, but still retains a sense of emotion with beautiful pads. And finally, 'Jazzt Me' rounds things off with it's broken beats and heavy atmospherics." On red-colored vinyl.

Artist:	ABOVE SMOKE
Title:	The Fix EP
Label:	YORE RECORDS (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	YORE 019EP

Javier Alvarez aka Above Smoke is a Madrid-based producer. On the first of four warm, atmospheric mood pieces, "Awfully" drapes dense synthetic winds over a grooving, bass-prodded deep house pulse. "Get Down" does exactly that with funky Rhodes chords, disco hi-hats, and synth swirls; a percolating bass line lends a propulsive charge, while crowd voices give the cut a party vibe. "The Fix" scatters fragments of the spoken line over a funk-house groove, with a nice, clapping Dubbyman remix.

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