Vaib-R - Intl EP

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  • Wes Gray's debut release as Moon B, which appeared last year through PPU, felt very much like a home-listening affair. Since then, however, the Atlanta synth-boogie producer's output has shown a growing engagement with the dance floor—first with the Sussegad EP, which saw tracks from the album re-released in a louder, DJ-friendly pressing, and then with Entropic Feelings, a more uptempo outing for London label Going Good. Gray's appearance under the new Vaib-R alias on Athens imprint Nous Disques gives him a chance to flex his house muscles once more. Each of these three tracks is underpinned by a stolid four-four kick, and each is fractionally more propulsive than the last, with Gray's subtly funky basslines and mobile harmonic structures supplying moments of uplift. He appears to have scrubbed up his signal chain, too: where tape hiss and over-zealous reverb settings may previously have turned off DJs, these productions punch and sizzle in all the right places. In mood, however, they're just as soporific as anything Gray has released. The single is fleshed out with a pair of highly tone-sensitive remixes. Budapest producer Route 8's version of "About Freedom" is fractionally more streamlined, a touch loopier, but equally cashmere-soft. A "Restruction" of the same track from "Hellenic homegrown talent" Retro:grade adds some gorgeous lapping percussion and switches the ratio to widescreen.
  • Tracklist
      A1 About Freedom A2 Winds B1 Intl B2 About Freedom (Route 8 Daytime Mix) B3 About Freedom (Retro:grade Restruction)
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