- Hope recordings have been around a good few years now and have brought to the fore artists such as Max Graham, Starecase, Grayson Shipley etc and with this theyre 54th release they bring to our attention another new artist for them Parallel Sound.
Parallel sound are Muza Hove and Tim lloyd and if we are to believe the bumf have built a strong reputation in the clubs with a live show containing only theyre own material and that theyre tunes have been championed by the likes of John Digweed, James Holden and Jonathan Lisle among others. But are they any good? Well on the strengh of this release, i would say yes!
Beyond Your Soul on the A side starts off with some nice chunky percussion before a soulfull female vocal enters the fray. The track then changes tack slightly, bringing in an almost "speed garage" style bassline to compliment the vocal. It shouldnt work but it kind of does!
On the flip we have Echo and this time the Parallel boys go for a chunky breaks track with melodies sprinkled liberally on top. This track has a slight old school feel as well which is nice and complements the A side very well.
At a time when a lot of the old labels are becoming extinct its nice to see one of them flourish and if they keep up this standard of release Hope recordings will be around for sometime yet!