I've been meaning to sink my teeth into this one for awhile. The first few mixes are hard and dark and that's going to turn a few people away, but you should know better than to give just a cursory listen to anything with Sunshine Jones' name on it. Sunshine is one of my favorite people on the scene today, and I've said that before but I don't think I've ever said why. Every day I hear promos and pitches from people who all seem to dress alike and do their damned best to sound alike, too. It's enough to make you wonder if there's anything authentic left - in the ruins of the music industry, just something that isn't trying to separate you from your credit card in a series of $1.99 transactions for music created with all of the soul of a model airplane kit. Do you know anyone that has to do something, whether it's painting, writing, making music - even if there's no one to see, write or listen to it?
Those people are sadly in short supply these days, but Sunshine Jones is one of them. What he does here (and with a song titled "Peak Time", no less) is throttle those harder and darker originals back into a chill funk-tinged anthem. This isn't for every room in the House, for sure, but I'm concerned that the Deep House folks that should be picking this one up won't hear it. There's a serpentine, utterly danceable groove which separates this from a lot of the AM radio fare that characterizes the "lounge" style today. Use this to navigate your way into Afro sounds or in a transition to just about anything at all - it'll work.
Where Can I Find it?
More info & previews at rockitsciencesf.com. Online at stompy, junodownload, beatport and djdownload. Preview embedded below.
Preview:
Native Intelligence - Peak Time (Sunshine Jones Extended Disco Version) by RISLabs
| + Track Listing | Duration | Recommended |
|---|---|---|
| 01: Peak Time | 7:07 | |
| 02: Peak Time (Sunshine Jones extended disco version) | 9:12 |  |
| 03: Peak Time (Sunshine Jones extended disco version instrumental) | 9:12 | |
| 04: Peak Time (DZ remix) | 7:07 | |
| 05: Peak Time | 8:34 | |
| 06: Peak Time (SIMO & Native Intelligence Dark Grinder mix) | 7:03 |
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