Developingrhythm aka Johnny Knight is a new entry to the Broque roster and his first EP for us could not work any better as an introduction to his sound and background. The four tracks position themselves elegantly between smooth broken beats and balearic chill out vibes but still tell a story of Johnnys colourful musical past, having been DJing between London and the balearic islands right next to the big shots like John Digweed. Those were the days of which his more recent four tracks still reminisce, but now in a much more chilled out Café del Mar-kind of way. Whereas “Warm Sun Face” captures the warm sea breeze over some hip hop beats, “10 Lines” has a jazzy feel in a Mo Wax-way. “Close It” goes full pop with all the trimmings, including a balearic guitar and dreamy vocals by Candy. “Flowing Stateness” closes the EP with a very dubby and playful track, that leaves us slowly waking up from a trip down memory lane, where long nights and after hours gradually turned into chillout sessions on the beach and time and space didn’t matter as long as the sound was right.
01 warm sun face
02 lines
03 close it
04 flowing stateness
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