Throughout 2009, Lost My Dog was the label which has figured most in these columns on a regular basis as it squirted yet another compulsive house turbo-jet over my grateful lamp-post. Never a duff release, never a dull moment, always either another startling new talent or further consolidation of the swelling roster which has made it the UK’s major home for deep house of the original persuasion, albeit spiked, humped and hot-wired onto the contemporary dancefloor. Their last release of the year also happens to be one of its best, bringing back Argentina’s Jay West, who made his label debut in 2006 and has since gone on to make a name on labels including Drop Music, So Sound, Blockhead and Conya. Jay’s original manages to weld old school Chicago vocal stutters [rather like The It’s ‘Donnie’] and Mr Fingers bassline with DJ Pierre Wild Pitch hypno-repetition and NYC deep house sensibilities – to marvellously grooved-up effect. There’s also four cracking remixes: Canada’s Matt ‘Neighbour’ Dancey takes the boogie route with wild synth action, hen’s antelope scrotum riffage and jazzy flourishes, LMD stalwart Peckos turns in a dreamy slab of classic NY-style deepness, while Junia Overdose takes the skippy house route with farting duck chorale. Finally Danny Stott calls himself Roland Nights to focus on the bassline and build a hypnotic head of steam. With this vibrant creative pool and ever-growing roll-call of ever-stunning originality, Lost My Dog could well loom out of the underground in 2010, voluminous testicles blazing as the UK’s answer to the old Strictly Rhythm.
5 Out Of 5
Reviewed By: Kris Needs
