2023 red + gold mixed vinyl Repress

Pressed on the classic “LT Records” centres, Nice Archive Traxx Vol. 1 is a lesson in raw, hissing house from the Concrete resident and one of France’s finest new talents. Stronger Than Me has been bothering mixes & radio for a good year now and takes pride of place on the A1. Skipped snares, wailing sax and clear vocal hits slot together around an NY house core. You Don’t Really Want Me heats up the production just that bit more on the grill and adds in some serious Chi-town acidic flavour. 303’s running riot from the midway. On the B, Raw Thoughts takes a similarly blown-out production sensibility and drives it straight into laid-back electro territory. Elements of boogie spliced with sultry synth soloing and glacial pad ripples. Ice cream parlour chill jams. Rounding out the EP are Acid City – a soulful deep house number overrun with grumpy, growling acid lines – and hyper beat-snippet You Do – a breaks-y beat track showcasing the other side of Sweely’s enormous talent. Proper dredgin’ beats from the raw!