- While it was chiefly Californian labels—most notably San Diego's Siesta—that soundtracked the West Coast house explosion at the turn of the century, there was also a northern outpost in the shape of Luke McKeechan's Vancouver-based Nordic Trax. For their latest EP, Nordic looks to veteran Brighton producer Pete Ogston, who turns in a clutch of velvety deep house tracks.
The spritely bassline of "Colours" offers a gentle introduction, leaving it to the fluid, head-nodding "Keep It Up" to move the EP up a gear. Whether by accident or design, its crunchy, skipping percussion harks back to the sound that percolated through McKeehan's landmark Nordic Trax compilation, Lazy Transmissions, back in 2002. The nearest thing to a bum note is "Touch," a slice of lazy disco house that Tensnake would probably leave languishing on his hard drive, although Ogston wrests back the initiative on "Tea Time," a smart, poolside jaunt that overflows with washes of electric piano and analogue keys. Colours doesn't break any new ground; instead it disarms you with its charming radiance.
Tracklist01. Colours
02. Keep It Up
03. Touch Feat J-Felix
04. Tea Time