Title: Different Times
Cat.: YRE-012
Label: Yore Records
Format: 12"
The Label Boss returns to his own Yore Imprint with another stunning solo Release. These are Different Times indeed for Andy Vaz if the EP’s three mighty jams are indicative of where his music’s heading. The A-side’s “Over Here (A Glance Over Prime Time Mix)” roars from the very first moment Vaz unleashes its steaming, Latin-tinged groove. A far cry from the techno the Yore label head once issued, the tune finds Vaz exploring straight up dancefloor territory with a dizzying house pulse that straight up rocks. Melodies and voices rise to the surface of the Dionysian broil and then just as quickly recede, leaving room for a driving bass line to gain the spotlight.
The flip’s “Hurry Hurry (Before It’s Too Late Mix)” is classic deep house just as one expects on Yore. A jazz-inflected strut with Tilman Ehrhorn’s sax playing, wailing over waves of rollicking piano playing and spirited vocal chants. The energy level doesn’t flag for the disc’s final track, “Bygone Times (Nostalgia Mix),” which stokes a fiery house swing with its locomotive pulse, futuristic synth patterning, and high-velocity bass lines. Vaz’s music has never sounded more impassioned and energized than it does in these three tracks and consequently, just as one might predict, Different Times feels like it’s over far too soon.
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