ABOUT THIS ITEM

For the second installment of On the Prowl X - another offshoot of the parent imprint - label honcos Marcos Cabral and Jacques Renault have dug up an exciting newcomer to the world of house music: Epithet.

The 12” kicks off with “Bluenote,” a moody, deep groove that smoothly creeps up in a swirl of maraca shakes, snaps, and sensual vocals. The second a-side cut, “Lightpipe,” is a funkier affair, the throbbing, underscoring beat sounding lopsided, disoriented - definitely a hypnotic, late-night burner that will linger in your ear long after the strobes and smoke machines have been powered down. The flip features a remix of “Bluenote” by the Finnish mainstay Roberto Rodriguez, who’s had recent success on 20/20 Vision’s sublabel, Fina. Rodriguez deftly adds a few more bells and whistles to the original - a marimba here, a fidgety synth there - to inject the jam with a fresh take on classic New York / New Jersey house. Together, the three songs ooze into one another as though they’re each different sections of a single continuous piece, and represent the latest OTP aural sucker punch.

A1. Bluenote
A2. Lightpipe
B1. Bluenote (Roberto Rodriguez Remix)