Chubby Dubz – ‘Direct Experience EP’ Loungin’ Recordings

2011 belonged to a tune from one half of this collective. Oliver S’s ‘Doin’ ya thang’ was an unmissable slice of prime time house music. With 1988 coursing through its veins, it was a track which also sounded slap bang up to date. The vocals throughout the track of a DJ tired of playing ‘his shit’ and throwing the decks open to the crowd before the police came to bust the party was an absolute thriller and a total joy to mix with.
This EP continues the retro theme as ‘Doin’ ya thang’, the title track mixes dark metronomic synth notes and throaty vocals about leaving no room for doubt and other such guff. A second mix of this track transports it into early 90s house music thankfully without pianos. Completing the package are ‘Spirit’, a slinky based loungey house number which performs its business at the very height of sophistication and ‘Led to believe’ which continues in the same vein as the title track, four house cuts to die for. 9/10
Chris Todd