Jimpster - Alsace & Lorraine

Artist: Jimpster Title: Alsace & Lorraine Label: Freerange Release Date: September 24, 2010 Genre: Deep House “Anyone can overlay loads of sounds and call it deep house. Nobody, however, can do it like Jimpster. This single is his first (remixes notwithstanding) output since Sleeper last year, and he doesn’t disappoint. A pedigree in jazz, both from his family and from his early, ambient jungle-based productions, has given him not only a talent with the more tonal, soulful side of dance, but also the ability to produce this type of stuff in an interesting, innovative way. The single’s A side is definitely its highlight. A steel drum-flavoured pattern bounces around playfully, and shimmering cascades of fizzing build, recede, build, recede, then build and build—and then the whole thing drops into silence, before exploding gently into a cloud of coloured bubbles. It’s lovely and funky in equally large measures. A choppy backbeat, similar to the one in “Alsace&q