Smight Presents Magic Shoe "Weekend Work / Fresh Look"

The sheriff is back in town! Herb Berkley and his sidekick Eric Reeves don their Magic Shoes once more after a Niche encounter featuring some Brain Walking (it´s like Moonwalking, but with magic shoes which warp you into Smight´s mind), and arrive in Hellpassville with two new projects to inject life into the town.

Intricate melodies and a deep bass groove introduce us to ´Weekend Work´, an industrial style sound looping over and over in the distance backdrop before a series of intricate key changes sees the bass become more fluctuant and sweeping synths climb over the top, showering the soundscape with a soft ambience. It´s almost like a symphony orchestra playing within a cavernous void, with the piano and melody outro oozing out like an Academy award winning movie score. Beautiful yet slightly moody. Darkness meets light, and the soundtrack to a place where these two contrasts meet as one.

´Fresh Look´ is an altogether different kettle of fish, bubbling effects popping under a tight percussive groove. As the claps rise to the surface, the track moves along until a series of stabs and a delayed synth effect make ripples in the groove, allowing a light melody line to flutter through the centre of the track, and into a rattling outro that shimmers along like a rattlesnake, emitting a sweet symphony from it´s tail.

Perhaps not the kind of material that will rock the dancefloor, as both tracks are based around a more subtle approach. Both tracks however, are well produced and showcase a different side of Magic Shoe in comparison to the their previous release on Niche. They seem to enjoy the contrast between darkness and light, and I´m sure you will too. Something different from the Hellpass label, but something well worth checking out.