Albums
March: 18 albums you need to hear this month
This month's listening sorted
Catz ‘N Dogz 'Watergate 22' (Watergate)
Polish duo Catz ‘N Dogz deliver a collection of high-energy house and techno for their 22-track Watergate comp. ‘To Ma People’ is a subtly grooving opener compared to the more bumping ‘Afterglow’, but their acid-flavoured edit of Da Posse’s ‘In The Heat Of The Night’ is the most infectious mover. Elsewhere, K’ Alexi’s screamer ‘You Get Down’ meets Krikor’s funky ‘Sometimes Sweet Susan’, Stashrider’s ‘Vibration’ pumps with energy and Bruce Trail’s ‘Bridgework’ is dreamlike. Just when it seems things are winding down, Heiko Laux’s techno evolution ‘Souldancer (Hlx Re-Construct)’ charges into the duo’s own cut ‘Fire Burning When We Are’. Ben Jolley
8/10
