Terry Lee Brown Junior* - From Dub Til Dawn

From Dub Til Dawn still shows the trademark Terry Lee Brown Jr. tech-house, but the beats aren’t as heavy as they were on Chocolate Chords. Instead, there seems to be more emphasis on the musicality of the tracks themselves -- the programming has gotten more complex and there are more layers of sound. And that, of course, makes for better tracks. “Lost and Found,” for instance, has a quiet ringing melody that haunts the track from underneath the beat. But don’t take this to mean that the rhythms are any less exciting -- he still pounds the floor like he was born to do it. But there’s a bit more delicacy in his work, like on the title track “From Dub Til Dawn” or the wavering sounds of “Level Vibes.” A solid work.

TLB Jr. fans won't be disappointed with this one. More of the same from Terry who comes with a dozen deep, grooving tech-house tunes, some with a more dubby vibe hence the title. His team-up with fellow Plastic City labelmate The Timewriter on "Take Your Time" fuses familiar sounds from the Timewriter album Jigsaw Pieces with a pumping TLB beat/bassline combination and sexy saxaphone snippets. This is sophisticated music for late night listening. From track 1 through to track 12 you're taken on a consistantly hypnotic ride that retains both a solid beat and a deep feel, but never goes off in a tempo that is either too slow nor too fast. Yet another perfect listening session courtesy of one of the best producers of all things deep and funky. Highly recommended.