1. High Club Alive (06:29) 2. Badass Groove (06:34) 3. Growler (06:45) 4. Solid Fragments (06:12)Ruff Stuff - the recording alias of Berlin-based Italian Gianfranco "Nanni" Barnaba - has long been associated with weighty, energy-packed, sample-heavy workouts of the sort that work wonders during peak-time sets. There's plenty of this kind of techno-tempo, sample-house action on Barnaba's latest untitled EP (his seventh to date). There's a kind of bass-heavy deep house-meets-disco-house flex to opener 'High Club Alive', while 'Badass Groove' sees him reach for rubbery, New Jersey house bass, classic house organ sounds and seductive synth strings. The mid-90s US garage organ sounds return - this time accompanied by bubbly acid lines - on revivalist Italo-house number 'Growler', before a fine EP draws to a close via the hypnotic, all-action deep techno warmth of 'Solid Fragments'.