El Mundo & Zazou - Speed Of Sound

Accomplished collaborators El Mundo & Zazou work their magic once more on a pair of superb new tunes for Kindisch. El Mundo has been in the scene for 20 years, firstly as a DJ in his hometown of Nijmegen before building an international reputation alongside Satori. Once he moved to Berlin, he hooked up with Zazou and found some real musical kinship which led to releases on various fine labels as well as the birth of his Quetame label. Meanwhile, Zazou is an instrumentalist at heart and every new track he makes is based solely on analog hardware: synths, drum machines, samplers guitars, and effect pedals. He has done it all from downtempo to tribal to deep house and impresses again on this new release. Their first tune is ’Speed Of Sound,’ a gorgeously deep house cut with a lullaby-like main melody that could be a long-lost brother to Booka Shade’s dance classic ’Body Language.’ Here the chords are paired with a lush guitar line and rolling bassline that is sure to get plenty of parties under its spell. Add in whispered vocals and you have a subtly standout tune. ’Sleeping In The Rain’ picks up the pace with a more angsty house groove, textured hits and raw guitar riffs. It’s a unique mix of sounds and styles with a subversive filtered vocal floating high above as the lush chords help elevate your mood. These are two delicate but devastating house tracks.