Push serve up arguably their best compilation yet,
handpicking the freshest sounds from a fertile and
spectacularly diverse roster of producers of 2014.
Bristling with energy, thoughtfully programmed and incorporating
a range of tech house sounds, it's an essential
round up of a vintage year.
The opening track, DJ Tennis & Mind Against's treatment
of Trentemøller's 'Always Something Better'
sets the mood and encapsulates the collection's ethos.
Deep, glowing pads intensify into metallic tones and
dancing arpeggios as veteran and up-and-coming
producers come together to rework a bona fide contemporary
classic. Frank & Tony, the Brooklyn-based
duo behind Scissor & Thread, dish up a hazy swirl of
slow, reflective house to follow. And Vincenzo & Language
hit you with the resounding piano, infinite guitar
and soaring female vocal of 'Merry Go Round': proof
positive that the quality level is going to be high.
From here on in, highlights abound: Kasper Bjørke
delivers dramatic disco noir; Chymera and Beckers
bring sweetness and light; heavy hitters Alex Niggemann,
Vince Watson and Steve Bug serve up the latent
menace of 'Materium', the grit of 'Planet Funk' and
the brittle hypnotism of 'Pelican Glide' respectively.
Olivier Giacomotto brings funkiness, Dast monstrous
bass. Djuma Soundsystem plunge us into deep meditation.
Along the way, every corner of Europe is represented:
Romania's Mihai Popoviciu delivers the deep
jack of 'Time'; Few Nolder and Mario Basanov represent
a Lithuanian scene in rude health; Spain's deep
house aficionados Javi Bora and Le Vinyl team up for
an exercise in brooding repetition. There's even time to
travel through Venice (Lehar), Zurich (Hive-residents
Benja & Reto Ardour) and pop across the pond to
L.A. (John Tejada).
As if that wasn't enough, Matthew Dear (under the
Audion moniker) teams up with Montreal's Tiga for
a whirlpool of dirty, electronic funk and living legend
Laurent Garnier pops by to burnish Gregor Tresher's
dancefloor monster 'Nightcolors' to perfection.