VA - Equilibrium

This rather fine EP delivers more multi-artist excitement from De La Groove, a label whose compilation-style EPs have become ‘must check’ affairs of late. It boasts impressive contributions from some genuine scene stars, including Italian deep house legend Don Carlos – see the wonderfully loved-up, retro-futurist colour of ‘Kissin’ (Club Mix) – and Art of Tones, whose ‘Freaky Music’ is a trippy, bumpin’ and disco-tinged peak-time treat. The fun doesn’t stop there though, with further must-check gems being provided by Good Vibrations Music chief Sean McCabe (the deep house/jazz-funk fusion of ‘Freaky Music’), Reelsoul (the sumptuous, solo-heavy wonder that is ‘Sunset’) and XXXY (the deep disco-house shuffle of ‘Eroma’).