| Pete Tong & Superbass - Wonderland | ||||
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 While some shiny new digital labels are churning out dozens of mediocre
releases, other more venerable imprints show no such desire or need to
move for quantity over quality. Renaissance`s first 12-inch appeared in
July 1997, and it`s taken a whole decade to reach its 50th platter.
Along the way we`ve seem some of the UK`s finest house music from Sasha, BT, Science Department, and Angel Moraes, while lately James Zabiela, and Nic Fanciulli have been flying the flag for the Nottingham stalwart. It may come as a surprise (or perhaps appropriate, depending on your point of view) that Pete Tong finds himself party to this landmark release.
Reforming his partership with Jay P and Dirty Vegas` Paul Harris, (as Superbass) the track takes its name from Tong`s Ministry residency, which in turn grabs its inspiration from his Iberian hangout, Pure Pacha. And surprisingly, it`s a a chugging, elongated deep track that has more to do with main room darkness than a celeb-strung VIP room. There`s a groove in the slowly morphing bassline, with light keys flickering over the top, and nice atmospheric pads. If there`s a criticism, it`s that, at almost ten minutes, its a touch long. But it`s worthy of the label, and with a tighter dub, it may even surprise a few.
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