SQUARES - SPEED SYPHON
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Squares
Release date: March 6th, 2020. Download and streaming links here.
Squares is a collaboration between Greg Dowling, Shane Johnson and Andrew Phillpott. Greg and Shane are better known as Fish Go Deep and have released music on labels such as Defected, Large, Innervisions, Local Talk and many more. Andrew also has a long history in the music industry, working with Depeche Mode and Dave Gahan for many years.
The project began as an analogue and modular synth jam in deepest West Cork, growing into more regular sessions and eventually resulting in a series of live shows and an albums worth of recorded music. The debut Squares release came out on acclaimed London label, Freerange, and the trio now follow that up with Speed Syphon, named after a favourite coffee brewing machine in the cafe next door to the studio.
The original mix takes a dusty drone, throbbing bass and some sweet Jupiter 8 licks for a wild ride around the dancefloor. The track ebbs and flows throughout, locking into a heads down groove and not letting go.
The Fish Go Deep remix packs a more straightforward 4/4 punch, nodding to classic Detroit techno while building a powerful momentum. With a bouncing bassline, beefy drums and a stirring string section, this one will work at any time of the night.
Selected DJ Reactions:
LAURENT GARNIER: "Ohhh yesssssssss. Would looooOOOve to play this."
BILL BREWSTER: "Both good but the FGD mix in particular is ace."
KIKO NAVARRO: "This is proper DEEP HOUSE with capital letters, in a very serious way, love this. Fish Go Deep takes the original into the serious deep house peak time clubs, love both mixes."
SHUR-I-KAN/ FREERANGE RECORDS: "Really like the original. Super deep."
BILLY SCURRY: "Pretty fuckin smashing! really liking the og, quite haunting, deep and loving the pads. Then the rhythm injection in the rmx just takes it to another level. LOVE!"
DANIELLE MOORE / CRAZY P: "Love it! Really driving vibes. Power music. Will play both original and remix."
MR V: "Super dope release."
HIFI SEAN: "Really digging the fish go deep remix for the funk that it adds to the story .... haunting groove."
JIMPSTER: "Lovely slice of electronic deepness with the original being the pick for me."
JEF K: "This is brilliant music!! long life to fish go deep, following them since the beginning!"
HARRI: "Really diggin these."
TOMMY TURBOJAZZ: "Wow. That's the sound I’m into right now!!"
CHRIS TODD/ CRAZY P: "Feeling this, the original is full of warmth, hypnotic triplets, and seemingly an abundance of (nerd alert) square wave oscillating synths....a coincidence?? Fish Goes Deep’s remix works great, notching it up a level for a more dance floor friendly mix."