- Taking their name from one of the greatest underground house tracks of all time, Morning Factory—the Dutch duo of Jozef Lemmens and Pierre van der Leeuw—have been playing to the heads since first surfacing on Yore Records early last year, merging the Prescription records they obviously cherish with an expansiveness that wouldn't be out of place on Planet E. But their latest release, an EP for 20:20 Vision sublabel Fina, finds the group taking a somewhat different tack, embracing the most laid-back qualities of their sound for a record that positively sticks to your ribs.
If "Sultans of Swing" seems to lack the confidence you might expect from its title, be patient: a track that begins timidly (and, it must be said, on a vibe FaltyDL explored with quite a bit more nuance on his standout track "Voyager" from You Stand Uncertain) does eventually get to one of the group's signature big moments, and the fact that it sidled there might make it all the more satisfying. "Lady" actually swings harder, building slowly but steadily to a suavely euphoric higher plane. Where this EP finds Morning Factory stretching their legs a bit, this sound sits right within Cottam's pocket, so it's no surprise that his remix of "Sultans of Swing" utterly owns. Unexpectedly, the low-profile king of slow-mo house kicks the tempo up a few ticks and generally massages the original beyond recognition. What we're left with is basically just a Cottam track, which is, of course, hardly a bad thing.
Tracklist A1 Sultans Of Swing
A2 Lady
B1 Sultans Of Swing (Cottam Remix)