Paul Rudder - Losing Dreams

Having really enjoyed Paul Rudder’s recent EPs on RDR, Tilly Jam and Flat White Records, we’re rather excited by his Shall Not Fade label debut. Happily, he hasn’t let us down. Rudder begins by channelling the spirit of exuberant, early ’90s Italian piano house on the rushing revivalism of ‘Mind Drifting’, before exploring the deeper, more organ-rich sound of 90s New Jersey house and garage on the arguably even better ‘Losing Dreams’. ‘Ah You Know’ is a slightly more rugged and bouncy affair featuring squelchy acid bass, while ‘Experience’ is tougher and chunkier but no less sweaty. Finally, old pal Hurlee once more lends a hand on ‘Till You Found’, a seductive, early morning house number that reminded us a little of Chez Damier’s mid-90s work.