Reed & Radley - Keep On/Headstones

If deep and driving's your bag, here are two gems from Chris Reed and the late, great Paul Radley - among the final tracks the pair produced together in person.

There's a hint of Wild Pitch about Keep On, with its reversed stabs, rides and soulful vocal refrain. That's fitting given that New York and New Jersey house and garage were key early influences for the veteran duo. It's powered by a rubbery synth riff that ebbs and flows until some jiggery-pokery with the filter sends fizzing stabs whizzing through the mix.

Headstones brings the tribal vibes. A slow build features layer upon layer of percussion and cannily deployed conga fills, but it's the main riff that generates the real intensity. What starts as a relatively gentle series of organ stabs gets the layer treatment too, with a series of increasingly tough sounds adding punch and power. The crucial, final element is some twisted chant-style vocalising which will take the more - ahem - refreshed floors to another place altogether.

Serious underground tackle for late-night, head-down dancers.