Russo - Manitoba EPWritten by Youri Jozee  EP Review - 23-year old Sam Russo from the UK is a familiar face in the London house scene, but now it’s time for him to show his production skills too. First up is Fuck My MPC, which is a deep, bass-riddled house groover with warm synth pads and a tasty tech house rhythm mixed in. The rather risqué vocals give the overall an edgy Chicago house vibe, which is a welcome addition as the instrumentals themselves are a bit too repetitive in, especially, the tune’s build up. Huxley drops the first remix, which has become a mix-tempo nu-disco kinda tune with very warm melodies in which the vocals merge very well. Although very laidback and jazzy, this remix is a bit too basic to stand out. Saytek’s remix of the tune is the business. This one’s a energetic, tribal techno tune packing a fat dose of slamming drums and a messy percussion structure through the second part. Nice one. Russo’s second original comes in the form of Manitoba, a much more jacking affair with a groovy tech house rhythm and pulsating bass forming a sweet combo. Although nothing too much out of the ordinary, this one would definitely do the job during midnight rave sessions at dark underground basements. Nitin delivers the first remix of this tune, a stripped-down minimal tech-house cut driven by a buzzing synthwave that didn’t really float our boat. A rather faceless remix, so to say. UK based dubstep producer Youandewan churns out a very nice and very, very subtle Detroit-ish remix full of thick, fuzzy pads and twitchy hi-hatting, while the package is finished by a wallshaking tech-house slammer (Funk D’Void style) of a remix by Nick Jun. Final verdict: There’s loads of similar stuff out there but this EP definitely deserves a try. Some tracks are ace, some poo, but overall speaking this is far from a debut EP to be ashamed of. Well done. Rating: 6.5/10 Label: Fullbarr Digital Release date: September 2010
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