This is Christian Prommer’s first solo album, breaking out from the Trüby Trio and Drumlesson projects that he has been with so effectively. A taste for jazz music has followed him, and so has a talent for making house music that doesn’t necessarily work in units of four beats, which is always a plus. Because of that his particular brand of house music is interesting, with some of the shapes shifting unusually, but with things that everyone will recognise from classic house too. Highlights include ‘Aturo’, which finds some live piano magic, while the strings on ‘Hanging On The DJ Booth’ are really classy. ‘Marimba’ shows how to create rhythmic momentum without a kick drum in sight – someone’s been listening to Steve Reich! – and ‘Tob, Der Bär’is a good old fashioned piano led house tune. The vocals are good too, especially on ‘Future Light’, with Bugsy and Jinadu. Some of the deep house is not as experimental as you might think with someone of Prommer’s past, and the album is perhaps a bit too long, but all told this is an excellent first foray into solo territory from a man with some serious talent at his disposal
4 out of 5
Reviewed By Ben Hogwood
