Guardate – One Night – (Love Harder)

German producer Guardate once again comes correct here on the Love Harder label, an imprint that’s played host to his talents many times over the past while. This time, the release in question is called One Night, and it sees Guardate touch base with Saxity and an extremely talented vocalist in the shape of Christine Ben-Ameh. Needless to say, it’s a stunning releases that encapsulates all that’s worthy about this fledgling label.

The three-tracker gets going with the original, an up-tempo and floor filling cut that is indebted to deep and tech house pastures. The vocals give the track an emotional flourish, peppering it in colourful overtones in the process. An elongated baseline hangs over it too, while the rich chords give it that extra something. On the remix front, Curtis Gabriel injects the track with some added energy and a memorable baseline that will work well in any club. Last but not least, Shwarz 100 brings things down a notch thanks to some obscure vocal-handling and a more textured baseline. The Munich DJ/producer, Guardate, has showed great promise in recent times. If anything, this one just compounds that promise. Great work.

4 out of 5

Reviewed by Ian Fleming