Joseph Capriati clearly put a lot of thought into his Fabric mix, using 2 CDJs and a mixer at home ‘like I was mixing at Fabric’ – before moving into Room 1 for the last track just before the lights come up. The result is a cracking mix from the Italian that ranks right up there with Fabric’s best releases to date. It works so well because he keeps it simple and doesn’t need much to get the juices flowing – a tough beat here, a groove there – but never anything less than full fat dance floor action. Pacy and subtly melodic, it’s a mix that clicks with Aura Dub, Capriati’s own ‘Partenopeo’ and the superb (and banging!) Proudly People remixing Bastinov’s ‘Ellipse’. Then Shlomi Aber’s cracker ‘Helter Skelter’ takes the mix by the scruff of the neck before Gary Beck, Johannes Heil’s piano led ‘Transition Six’, Alan Fitzpatrick and Brian Sanhaji wind it up. And the last track? That’ll be Odd Parents’ ‘Learn To Fly’, melting hearts in Maceo’s Flight Home mix. You’ll hopefully gather from this that Capriati has served up a mix full of strong links, tough beats and minimal but completely danceable hooks. No reservations here!
5 out of 5
Reviewed by Ben Hogwood
