DEVILS CLUB

A1. Devils Club A2. Magic B1. The Spirit B2. The Spirit (Dub Mix) Following releases from label founder Palms Trax, a reissue of eighties Chicago House innovator Rog™e, and a pair of cassette mixtapes from Berlin-based selectors Enchanted Rhythm and Budino, CWPT looks to the North-East of England for its next release, live and direct from REES. Hot on the heels of a twelve-inch on Bordello A Parigi and underscoring a slowly simmering reputation as one of the brightest stars of his community, REES™s debut on CWPT is a classy and globally informed perspective on house, disco and acid styles. Undistilled rhythm is at the heart of Rees™s vision of club culture; on title track, Devils Club, it™s effect makes itself known immediately, driving a channel of lively percussion towards a series of tasteful breakdowns that are both propulsive and alluring. On ˜Magic™, a confidently raw, loose drum loop accelerates into a glossy, psychedelic speed-chase that™s pure Miami Vice reimagined in Middlesbrough. On the flip, two versions of ˜The Spirit™ tastefully expand beyond REES™s musical borders and into warm, cinematic territory, blending tropically tinted instrumentation with (and then without) an entrancing vocal sample.