I have already revealed my soft spot for the dramatic type of tracks. Here’s one interesting record that fits the description. I’m talking about a group called Dflex, which according to Discogs and to my complete surprise consists of five more or less legendary producers – Ashley Beedle, Darren House, Darren Rock, Luke McCarty, Phil Asher. That’s a nice band for you.

They have produced an interesting 12” on the label Tiny Sticks. It caught my attention mainly for the piano-driven “Waltz”, which comes in two mixes, one essentially being the beatless version of the other. The main mix evolves nicely over the 8 minutes, starting off with sort of Ame-like beats (isn’t everything Ame-like these days…) and topping it with a decent piano track that travels from jazzy to impressionist to housey, being dramatic all the while. That’s enough to win me over.

The other track, “Evif”, is what people call “electronica” at Beatport, but which to me is jazz played on instruments both classical to the genre (saxophone, Rhodes) and electronic (analogue synthezisers). It is as enjoyable as “Waltz”, although not really a club track.

But enough of the pigeonholing now. Here it is.

A: Waltz (extended)
B1: Evif
B2: Waltz (am-bient)

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