Completing a fantastic triptych of LPs for 2016, Will Saul’s Aus Music is delighted to announce a debut full length from Youandewan. The Berlin based Brit’s ten track 'There Is No Right Time' lands in October 2016 and shows a very real development of his deep house style.
Youandewan is Ewan Smith, a DJ and producer who has quietly but consistently gone about fomenting his own tender brand of deep house. He has been doing so since 2009 and most recently settled on this label with tracks that are shy but seductive, and full of both motive and emotive forces.
This album stays true to that narrative, but really sees the producer finding his feet with his most accomplished and elegant work to date. Much of the music was sketched outduring a wintery Berlin three years ago. Having left London, hungover from a breakup, Smith found himself broke and secluded in an apartment for four months. All this lent the music he wrote a melancholic vibe; one that nods tothe lonely nature of the job and to the darker side of constant partying and allthat comes with it.
A swelling, expansive piece of melodic atmospherics starts things off, then the soft hues of some analog chords bring a neon glow to the weightless whirl of 'Be Good To Me,Poly'. Soaring synths marry with a rawdrum and bass combo on 'Waiting for L',then 'Time To Leave (Can’t Mix)' resetsto a piano laced beatdown vibe that iswillfully wallowing. '10405 (Alice)' is ashimmering, crescendoing piece, andfrom there the second half of thealbum begins to take an upward andoptimistic swing through the floating,graceful harmonies of 'Our Odyssey'.'Something Keeps Me Real Quiet' is aconcession to the floor with its rustedelectro slither, 'Left On Lucy' callsupon friend Huerta for a flailing bitof hi-tek soulful house Derrick Maywould be proud of, and 'Earnest Kelly'nods to the '80s with its stompingretrosynthesis. Finally, '4D Anxiety'allows all pent up emotion and energyto dissipate via a playful hip-hop jameffortlessly tapped out on an MPC.Essentially, this is a listening albumthat proves deep house done wellneedn’t be reserved for the club. It isvulnerable and musical, and stays withyou long after it finishes playing.
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