Beginning with a slew of successful nights across the city - Los Angeles label Low Recordings ready their next EP from hotly tipped California / Melbourne duo &on&on. Having released on Barcelona’s Simplexia Records - the pair have already been eyeballed by Mixmag in their 'Artist To Watch' in 2022 article as well as being included in the mighty Disclosure's DJ Kicks mix.
With only a small amount of music out so far - it's already clear to see that the auspicious pair have a lot of quality music in the pipes - galvanising this suspicion is their latest offering 'Midnight': a 4-tracker which slots in neatly with the Low Recordings burgeoning catalogue.
'Los Angeles' kicks things off with a fizzing, kinetic jam which sets a neatly sequenced break under swooning pads and vocal snips that recall hay-day Hessle and Joy Oribison. Stuttered synth lines and whipping snares build towards a think, pitch-bent bass line which is guaranteed to send the floor into rapture.
'Hatch' then follows up with capacious, reverberated sweeps and some UK-swagger. A step as tight as the drums themselves propels a simple but effective bass line before more pupil widening synths thin and thicken, providing punctuation in a deftly sequenced dance tune.
'Dripping' sets it's intentions from the off with a Jungle-inspired roar, tricky scratching and MPC style sample stabs. Hats eventually swing in across a simple but technical tool before 'Don't Stop' and 'Fuck That' bring things to a close with a pair of irresistible House bangers. Garage influence are still evident but the EPs conclusion is more 'straight up' than it's predecessors as it's consistent, thumping 4/4s keeps straight aimed right at the dance floor - an enlivening close to a varied and effective set of tracks