LOVEBIRDS Vinilo y CD

Review: It was way back in 2007 that Lovebirds dropped the first Modern Stalking EP, a set of tracks that combined the producer's usual colourful and memorable deep house and nu-disco vibes with plentiful samples from forgotten records and dollar-bin albums. This belated sequel takes a similarly kaleidoscopic and celebratory approach, first wrapping filtered disco strings, trippy electronics and dubbed-out vocal snippets around a leisurely disco-house groove on 'The Sun', before joining the dots between organic deep house and tactile nu-disco on 'Run'. Over on 'Motion', he peppers a bustling, mid-tempo breakbeat-disco groove with weird noises and female spoken work snippets, while 'Reachin' sounds like a lightly tooled-up and dubbed-out re-edit of a slow-disco treat.

Review: Stee Downes is one of contemporary house music's most prominent vocalists and here he lends his silky tones to Freerange, Defected and OM Records associate, Lovebirds for this new one on South Street. "Want You In My Soul" is a mix of old and new, where disco percussion and cosmic synths nestle alongside a mid tempo house groove with plenty of warmth. Downes' vocals are the loved up icing on the romantic groove cake. Flip over for the "Summer In London Edit" - a more stripped back and direct version, perfect for outdoor stages as the sun beats down.