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Release Date: October 8th, 2008
Reviewed: 4/5
User Rating: 3.8/5
UK’s Deep Blend and Kansak Recordings bring us the ”London Gates EP” three tech progressive tunes with plenty of quirk, cool grooves, appealing sound selection, and serious potential. London Gates serves as an excellent example of a breakdown-free progressive structure; moving through several 16 bar phrases, each ensuing phrase introducing a new theme or element. The sound selection is nearly solid; cool dubby echoes, pop, clicks, and chopped up samples remain spaced out yet constant, while a dope, offbeat moogy lead arrangement fills in the middle and serves as a base for a layered three synth peak phrase. The only thing not sitting too well is just after the intro, when the overdriven e-guitar type synth comes in felling a little heavy-handed and later when it sort of clutters up the peak, but otherwise London Gates contains several preeminent ideas and some really appealing phrases. Control Room is quite techy and features excellent syncopation with a tight rolling groove. Structurally, it’s not overly predictable and also sans breakdown. Deep Blend seems apt at keeping the elements varied from phrase to phrase, this is very percussive driven, yet incorporated into the mix is a cool mid-bass groove, but unfortunately again an odd synth arrangement is imposed on the peak. On the contrary, Upside Down is a rather forgettable track with its predictable and simple eighth-note stabs plonking for one bar then up the scale for the next bar type arrangement sounding ubiquitous and unsatisfying. Still, Upside Down doesn’t really detract from the ingenuity (albeit conventionally framed) beheld of the previous two cuts in the pack, but rather affirms it like some satirical rendition of the eighth-note prog style.
Tom Solo [13-Oct-2008]
Comments from MyPromoPool.com: 
"London Gates great deep tech grooving here with a dark rolling bassline. will add to playlist. Deep Blend has quality productions here. " - 4.0 / 5
Mike (Invisible DJs) (USA) (Progressivehouse.com, DJMix.net) 
"very well produced and written. nice progressive tech-house. not stuff i'll play but the production quality and maturity of the tracks needed a comment." - 3.0 / 5
Bitfiend (USA) (Danceradio.gr, Polytechnic Recordings, ProFM, releases on several other labels, BitFactory Studio) 
"London Gates is pretty cool deep stuff - Eelke" - 3.5 / 5
Eelke Kleijn (Netherlands) (Global Underground, Outside the Box Music, Audio Therapy) 
"this are a great tracks good I like London gates & control room for my sets. regards
" - 4.0 / 5
Light (Mexico) (InfraDigrecords) 
"all 3 rock" - 4.0 / 5
Dingle (Northern Ireland) (kickroach/airport route/bonzai ) 
"Very nice production, cool grooves" - 4.0 / 5
Mike Hiratzka (USA) (Lost Angeles Recordings) 
"ENjoyed Upside down the most of this release. I dont know that I would classify this as progressive as much as i would a hybrid of progressive &minimal. It has classic minimal sounds with fair amount of progressive elements, that really gave me an opportunity to go between the 2 genres with this track. " - 3.5 / 5
Soren LaRue (USA) (System Recordings/Source of Gravity/Protium Music/Visionary Mindz/Televisionary Records/SINsation) 
"Nice and techy, pretty good production, I didn't really care for the lead arrangement on upside down, but like what's done with the bass there." - 4.0 / 5
Tom Solo (Invisible DJs) (USA) (InvisibleDJs.com ProgressiveHouse.com, DJMix.net) 
"Like the techy elements within 'Control Room', I would have to say 'Upside Down' is my favorite though. Nice tech with a deep prog influence" - 3.0 / 5
Kev Obrien (USA) (Stranjj Recordings | ProgressiveHouse.com | Proton Radio | Danceradio.gr) 
"Needs to be a bit more groove heavy, and its a bit trancey for my taste" - 1.5 / 5
Spesh (Jondi & Spesh) (USA) (Loöq Records, Loöq Radio, Qoöl, Jondi & Spesh) 
"wicked music. Loving upside down and london gates. 3.5/5" - 3.5 / 5
Oskar Hinojosa aka Kalavera (USA) () 
"This fantastic release from Kansak really shows that Deep Blend truly deserves that name. Some seriously deep stuff here. Control Room seems to be my fav ATM." - 4.5 / 5
Jeffrey Collins (USA) (Aenaria, MAR186, Ascension, Point Records) 
"GREAT TUNE LONDON GATES , STICKY RYTHM" - 3.5 / 5
Memo Insua (Mexico) (Avangardia / Witty tunes / Cromarti Records / Unite Pro ) 
"this is really cool. i like all the tunes but control room has sicko beats." - 4.0 / 5
Chloe Harris (USA) (further, b-sides, proton radio, litheum, machine agency, djdownload) 
"Creative music booth tracks have a great atmosphere........." - 4.5 / 5
Liluca (Colombia) (Baroque,Proton,AnjunaDeeps,EMImusic,Avanguardia;add2basket,Stripped) 
"great ep!" - 4.0 / 5
Jordi Riera (Mexico) (Fast Forward Promote, Balance Record Pool) 
"Amazing track, it realy turn's you "upside down"... I can feel it hitting the dance floor with great energy!" - 4.0 / 5
KyneticS (Manuel) (Italy) (DanceRadio.gr - Rosa Dei Venti Club - Monumento - Paips Café - Il Clan) 
"Nice deep tunes with a techy touch. Liked Control Room, will play." - 3.5 / 5
Jehr (USA) () 
"London Gates is hot stuff, nicely programmed drum sounds. Especially love that perc that sounds like a water drop, I would have never thought of that. I can see this one getting a lot of support from all types of DJs across the board. The other two releases are a bit weaker, but I'd have to say Upside Down is my next favorite." - 4.0 / 5
Darin Epsilon (USA) (DI.fm, Proton, Groovecollection, Curvve, System Recordings, Dissident, Inkfish, Balance Record Pool) 
"upside down is my favorite for the melody hook, but very eclectic tech house here that's hit and miss, but more hits than misses" - 3.5 / 5
Ira Heinichen (USA) (friskyRecords, friskyRadio) |
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