Description
2023, 12″ EP, Alleviated Records.
While the first EP in Larry Heard’s Vault Sessions series focused on previously unreleased music made in 1988, this sequel is not as tightly focused – though the mixture of never-before-heard cuts and rarities is similarly impressive. Check first opener ‘The Time Is Now (Old School Mix)’, a typically sumptuous and soulful chunk of classic sounding Mr Fingers brilliance, before getting your ears around Jordan Fields and Kevin Elliot’s dub of the Heard-produced 1995 Ona King single, ‘Premonition of Love’. Made with legendary New Jersey club Zanzibar in mind, it’s a warming and tactile US garage treat. Over on the flip, ‘Andromeda One’ sees heard blur the boundaries between deep house, dub and sci-fi synth sounds, while DJ Mel’s remix of all-time-classic ‘Mystery of Love’ is a percussive, rolling treat. – Juno
