envee - SUM LUV / STYRAX (ZED BIAS REMIXES)

LOCAL TALK

£16.18

Format: 12" Vinyl
Catalogue No.: LT136
Release Date: Apr 2023
Genre: Hip-Hop; Pop

A1. SUM LUV (ZED BIAS 2 STEP MIX)
A2. SUM LUV (ORIGINAL VERSION)
B1. STYRAX (ZED BIAS 2 STEP MIX)
B1. STYRAX (ORIGINAL VERSION)

Now, this release is really special. Warsaw's finest producer, envee (yes spelled in lower case) has been around the block since the early 2000s and is arguably Poland's #1 producer of underground dance music...with soul.
With a sound that often leans towards the UK underground, we thought that we should enlist one of envee's (and our) fave producers to remix his new Local Talk release; Manchesterâ€™s finest Zed Bias.

We asked Zed to give us that deep, soulful 2-Step rub but with a slight jazz edge and boy did he deliver.
Not only did he remix one of the tracks, he got so inspired and remixed both tracks...don!
It's proper UK deep UK 2-step / garage that will work in any (!) decent club. Yup it's that good.

We of course need to mention the original mixes from envee himself.
Sum Luv is a warm and melodic hip hop / soul jam with a slight Dilla(ish) backbeat. A proper tune!
Styrax sounds like a killer jazz-funk banger straight out the Bugz In The Attic playbook with jazzy Rhodes, breakbeats, big strings, and a bad bassline. West London meets Wars aw...bam!!