Atnarko - Close Your Eyes EP (Onethirty)

Atnarko has worked with folks as varied as drum ‘n’ bass eradicator AK1200 and house-diva DJ Heather. His tracks with house-legend Huggy as Formidable Force have landed in the record crates of the world’s top DJs, who prize their quirky yet floor-movin’ vibes.

Onethirty Recordings is fast becoming a staple addition to DJ crates around the world. Run by Jevne from Minneapolis, their releases have included house heavyweights Hipp-e, Chuck Love, Jay-J, Scope and many more.

Artist: Atnarko
Release Title: Close Your Eyes EP
Label: Onethirty Recordings

1) Close Your Eyes
2) Close Your Eyes (The Dirty Deep Mix)
3) Close Your Eyes (Soul Minority Remix)
4) Close Your Eyes (Joshua Iz Daydreaming Mix)

Official release date: June 10th, 2010

Close Your Eyes is deep house at it’s best. A huge chunky bassline drives things along with tight percussion, and floating chords sweep in around sharper, stabbing keys. A female vocal filters in alongside spacey reverbing electronic bleeps and the whole thing just gels together perfectly. The Dirty Deep Mix keeps the main floating chords but adds a dub-infused bassline and some quirky effects to shape the original into a techier sound. Next up, Soul Minority contributes his trademark Balearic percussion to the mix. Echoing stabs, shuffling percussion and spiraling flurries add more tension into the builds and along with the filtered looping vocal, create an all-round classic house sound. Joshua Iz completes the EP with his tough yet smooth sound. Punchy kicks and snares help this one jack along but the mix also remains deep and spacey. Powerful bass notes and strong yet subtle layers of melodies remind of those epic Global Communication tracks, and provides an excellent twist on the original.

My Cuppa T rating: 9 / 10

Atnarko
Onethirty

Lee Jarvis.

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