For Nick EP

Description

Phonica AM’s sixth release comes from its curator, Luther Vine, who makes his debut with 'For Nick'. The EP brings together two original tracks and a remix from Melchior Productions Ltd. ‘Thinkin’ About It’ kicks things off with a driving tech house cut built around a phat Moogy bassline. Fragmented vocals and lush chord pads bring warmth to the groove as the bass grows darker and more insistent. The title track started life as a studio sketch that Luther played to his close friend Nick Williams, the Meda Fury founder and a Phonica counter legend. Nick picked it out from Luther’s productions when it still had little more than a throwaway working title. After Nick passed away last year, Luther renamed the track ‘For Nick’ in his memory. Warped jazz fragments move through a warm, sub-heavy groove, with layers of texture giving it a deep, hazy character and a subtle echo of early-2000s minimal house. On the flip, longtime Perlon affiliate and the man behind 'My King Is Light', Thomas Melchior, takes on the title track under his Melchior Productions Ltd alias. Nick was a big fan of Melchior’s work, making his involvement here especially fitting. Unmistakably Melchior, the remix unfolds as a patient 11-minute journey, drawing the vocal fragments forward over his signature deep, sophisticated shuffling groove. A second version is available digitally.