Always Eager To Champion New Talent, Dessous Recordings Unearth A Precious Gem From Brussels-based Lockwood, A Duo Comprising Childhood Friends Gert-jan Haegeman And Billy Hillaert. ‘Lets Talk Sets Out Their Stall: A Shuffling, Shimmying Groove Upon Which An Unruffled Bassline And Blue-tinged Jazz Chords Blissfully Coast. This Is Warm, Dreamy, House So Deliciously Laidback And Soulful That It Never Outstays Its 9-minute Running Time.
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The choppy, busy handclaps and ridiculously over-the-top squidgy bass of “Sway” explore different territory - frenetic synth-funk shimmering with layers of synth and zingy repetitions. ‘Yearning’ for its part melds a tough, rubbery tick to cycling keys and choric pads. It’s the bass that’s the star here, bending the tune around its abrasive low-end. Meanwhile, Nils Penner underpins “Let’s Talk” with a huge, booming bassline and brings its spoken-word sample to the fore: a treatment which somehow retains the magic of the original’s vibe while lending it a dark, glittering technoid edge.