Canadian producer/DJ Nathan Jonson, aka Hrdvsion, has been making increasing waves in the house world over the last few years with a stream of acclaimed releases for labels such as Wagon Repair and International Deejay Gigolo, and remixes for institutions like Hypercolour and Crosstown Rebels. His >I Like The Feeling You re Giving Me EP< for Rinse encapsulates many aspects of his sound, drawing strongly both from Detroit technos woozy, melody-soaked romanticism and the precision and intricacy of minimalist European house and techno. It is an intoxicating blend. Its tracks are immediate and rhythmically compulsive enough to draw dancers deep into its groove, yet find Jonson continually tweaking the musics depth of field to disorient the senses.
The title track coasts along on a clipped, synthetic house rhythm and a thick, fuzzy bassline that springs up the register, while melodic drones stretch out across its surface to prickle the skin. ‘Barcelona’ and ‘Apocalypse6′ are both more languid and more dramatic – the former switches between periods of shimmering melodic respite and chugging forward drive, while the latter pairs hard-edged, acidic bass with a sinister keyboard melody. And ‘Feel You’re Fading’ is the EP’s most intense moment and its highlight – a peak time track whose mirror-like synth shudders and half-sung, half-yelped vocals plug simultaneously into both emotional and sensory responses.