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Yousef & Harry Romero 'I’m Behind You' EP (Hot Trax)
We know the pedigree of the sum parts of this project, with Yousef previously releasing on the likes of Defected, Coccon, Desolat and Harry Romero working with Ovum, Subliminal and Suara. This, then, is a real meeting of minds, and you can imagine this collaboration slotting into either of their sets thanks to its purring groove. It doesn’t go too full-on but instead holds back, making for a main-room jam that’s never in danger of going too far. Alan Fitzpatrick’s mix takes things up a gear and into the hands of techno DJs with his piano rolls and clanging stabs, before Yousef signs off with the energetic drums of solo cut ‘Tightrope’.
6/10