This smooth techno mix conjures up a soulful element rarely heard in these minimal times. With a catalogue of warm and harmonic sounds oft-neglected, Ewan Pearson provides a deeper mix that almost verges on prog, at times, but always keeps its heart. The latest instalment of the ever-flourishing Fabric series is filled with premium tracks, from the Konrad Black remix of Snaxs "Honeymoons Over, with its sublime falsetto, to Lee Burridge and Dan Fs collaboration on the intensifying "Treat em Mean, Keep em Keen. The producer who claims DJing as merely a tertiary employment after remixing and producing then brings it down again with 100Hz track "Trustlove, gradually building to a climax with Carl Coxs gorgeous remix of Beanfields "Tides Cs Movement #1 cut with "Berghain by Aril Brikha. From the dub-y "Ali McBills by Jahcoozi to Paris the Black Fus deep, sighed vocal contribution on Samuel L. Sessions "Can You Relate, the album is full of quality moments that manage to combine into a very respectable mix.
(Fabric)Ewan Pearson / Various
Fabric 35
BY Rob WooPublished Jul 18, 2007