The Strictly Jaz Unit - The Tempest
Deep House
The Strictly Jaz Unit
The Tempest
£33.99
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Track List
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"Tempestuous"(8:30)
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"Near The End"(7:12)
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"Time Of Speed Not Day"(8:02)
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"The Struggle"(6:38)
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"Heard Syndrome"(9:03)
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"That Hour"(7:49)
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"The Flat (London Projects)"(9:51)
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"Passing You By"(8:24)
Why I Stock This Record
A Chicago House classic from Glenn Underground and Boo Williams featuring "Passing You By" which I regularly play myself for its melodic, repetitive deep groove. The Strictly Jaz Unit vinyl The Tempest on SJU Muzic US is serious vinyl record for vinyl collectors and vinyl DJs alike.
Review
Astonishingly, 23 years have passed since Glenn Underground and Boo Williams established the Strictly Jaz Unit project, a fluid collective of underground Chicago deep house producers. These days, SJU mainly operates as a duo, and it was this stripped-back line-up that produced "The Tempest", a rare album-length outing bristling with quality cuts. As a whole, the album is far more intergalactic, electronic and sci-fi sounding than either man's solo productions, with just a few hints of the luscious instrumentation and swinging grooves associated with their previous work. There's no dip in quality, though, with the dubbed-out deep house hypnotism of "Heard Syndrome", the Patrick Cowley/Giorgio Moroder influenced "The Struggle", the Chicago-goes-Yorkshire bleep flex of "Time of Speed, Not Day" and acid-fired gorgeousness of "The Flat (London Projects)" standing out.
Review originally published by Juno.
