Martin East Project – Miami WMC 2014 – (Kapa Music)

Maestro of the sunset groove, Martin East, reveals his stunning new collection of songs, beautifully crafted in the tropical paradise of Bali, on ‘Miami WMC 2014’. The lush cinematic soundscape of the dreamy ‘Entrance To The Temple’ is a powerful and emotive slice of electronica with a cool spoken word. UK‘s champion of all things deep and balearic, Pete Herbert, delivers a Deep/NuDisco boogie groove with a popping bass hook and catchy synth stabs. ‘Falling Right Into You’ is a seductive love song, beautifully vocalled by Jared Douglas combined with Martin’s sweeping synthology. Andreas Saag lends his Scandinavian cool adding a touch of icy melancholia fused with upbeat percussion and disco boo’s. ‘Someone Else’ is a dramatic musical outing that carries a hint of 80’s electronica fused with atmospheric guitar and powerful vocals from Martin East himself; and Walker Barnard makes a sublime deep house remix.

4 out of 5

Reviewed by Ratha Gud