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Kiwi 'Orca' (FUTUREBOOGIE)
Producer Alex Warren, aka Kiwi, has proven his versatility with previous releases on labels such as Optimo Music, Duke Dumont’s Blasé Boys Club and Sneaky. Now we find him on Bristol’s Futureboogie with these four deep, driving groovers. Still unwilling to be pigeonholed, he ably dances around genres but keeps a strong focus on quality. The melodramatic title track sounds like Giorgio Moroder working with Roman Flügel, ‘Minke’ is straight-up house and ‘Logman’s Beak’ features modulating melody and spacey synths. Finally, ‘Pygmy’ has an acid house bassline, fluttering arps and a dramatic organ riff.
8/10
