Started by Moscow DJ Denis Alentieff, DAR is a new label making waves in the underwear of the electronic community with tackle like Pig & Dan’s remix of his ‘Raver’ and Wally Lopez’s just-out treatment of ‘Tsunami’. ‘Cuba’ steams in a tough, bass-driven groove but is soon enveloped by poignant melodies and fathomless synths to atmospherically-emotional effect. Veteran minimal pioneer Robert Babicz’s remix is already causing a stir; initially underpinned by Reese/Slam-style bass snake, it stretches, ebbs and flows as it progresses, Robert heightening the melodies but spacing them out with distant percussion to create a headily gorgeous epic which should be one of the tunes of the summer.
5 Out Of 5
Reviewed By: Kris Needs