The ninth release from the well-formed Holic Trax label comes from Italian born hot property Tuccillo, fresh off the back of his massive EP for 2020Vision and recent work as Doublet with Holic boss Tomoki Tamura. This new EP will get released on a limited run of 500 coloured vinyl as well as digitally with each package containing different tracks.
Tucillo’s sound is a cultured but club ready one with plenty of melodic intricacies and cues taken from chill out, disco, house and techno in equal measure. These four new tracks prove he is a master of his form very much still on the rise.
Up first is ‘Just Gotta Believe’ featuring Howard. It’s a big, airy track with a rubbery bassline that rolls along with a sense of uplifting charm. Muted acid lines and Howard’s vocal help flesh out the track and all in all it’s a fine modern composition that’s hugely refreshing.
‘Musickly’ is a digital only bonus that is full of gurgling tones, plenty of congas and weird synth sounds. It’s trippy and intimate and really draws you into its centre as the louche drums slowly build around it.
Final track is the pumping house affair that is ‘Organmind’. The beats and percussion are classical inclined but the melodies darting about within are loose and jazzy, romantic and heartfelt and really elevate the whole track. Some breathy female voices and more trumpet lines weave in and out and make for a perfectly pure house experience.