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Press Release

Delano Smith - Midnite EP

Digital Release Oct 29th 2009
Vinyl Release Oct 26th 2009



A1) A Special Kind Of

A2) Dees Gruv

B1) The Explanation

B2) Truth



The Midnite ep is the follow up ep to Delano Smiths Sunrise ep on Third Ear Recordings, released at the end of 2008. The Sunrise ep was one of the underground House records of 2009, and the Midnite ep is set to be one of the underground House records of 2010. Both Delano and us think the Midnite ep is better than Sunrise. After the Sunrise ep, we decided to do it again and maintain the theme and name the next ep after a moment, a feeling within the dance floor experience. We decided on Midnite.

Once again we have selected four tracks from a selection that Delano sent us. You can play these tracks at any time of the day or night, and we encourage you to experiment in this way. However, dropping any of these tracks at midnite will ensure that you, your dance floor and all the people in the room will be set up for The Journey. :-)

A1: A Special Kind is constructed in the classic style of filtered samples from another record over a fat (really fat as this is a record made in Detroit) kick drum. The samples are from Ashford and Simpsons Stay Free from 1979 on Warner Bros Records. It is a sign of a good dance music producer that s/he can take an already great track and turn it into a dance floor bomb. Delano has done this with A Special Kind. 117bpm

A2: Dees Gruv is a very deep, very atmospheric groove. A crisp snare, a growling bass, a kick drum of varying intensity though the track framing the vibe, and a subtly modulating chord that goes on forever. Hi-hats and ride cymbal move in and out of the track as it ebbs and flows. This kind of deep, grooving suspension of time is becoming a Delano Smith speciality. 122bpm

B1: The Exploration is Delano working through the same ideas as he explores in Dees Gruv. Hitting harder and driving faster than Dees Gruv, The Exploration is a continuation of Delanos search for the ultimate Deep House Groove. All students of electronic dance music should check this. 125 bpm

B2: Truth sees Delano returning to the kind of straight up floating groove that is a characteristic of a number of his records. Further refined, this will have dancers and listeners grinning broadly as they lock into the irresistible rhythms. 125bpm.

Mastered by Stefan Betke @ Scape Mastering, Berlin.

Artist: Delano Smith
Title: Midnite ep
Label: Third Ear Recordings
Cat No,: 3EEP-107
Release date: Vinyl Oct 26 , DL Oct 29 2009.
EAN: 5060052760333
Distribution: Vinyl: Discomania (worldwide) Rubadub (UK). DL: Finetunes (worldwide)

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