Only Callisto sounds like Callisto. Just when you think you have him pegged he produces a track that slides out of the box into another zone. Any deep house fan who thinks Callisto is menacing darkness personified should check out "The Cimmerian", one of his best efforts. If he brings anyone to mind, it would have to be 16B with his obsessive attention to percussive quality...yet that doesn't quite capture him either. Clean out your inner ears and listen.

"We Cookin' Now" is the first Abacus track I heard and August Bascom has had my undivided attention ever since. One of those tracks that have perfect strangers grinning at each other across the dance floor, and if this type of music has a point, that's it, isn't it?

Think what could have happened when the average producer tried to marry rough, raw production to purely sublime vocalizing........now listen to what took place when the presiding Reverend was Abacus. One of those tracks you don't merely hear...you can't help but actually LISTEN.

He's one of house music's better kept secrets. Playing "Message to the Duke" to a roomful of cued-up househeads one night caused a stampede to the turntable. "Promise", another track from this EP also brings about the vital transition from passive hearing to active listening. He's not just good at what he does, he's got the crucial distinction of sounding like he loves doing it.