love your brother

I've been listening to a lot of slower, smoother house tracks as of recent, and one of the constants on the iPod has been the Abacus dub of "Love Your Brother" by King Sunshine. This 120-bpm track utilizes the lush synths associated with Abacus, an array of mid-level synth harmonies, excellently programmed drum patterns, and an old-school bass-line that takes one back to early 90s New York house a la Utopia Project. A summer winner!

King Sunshine- Love Your Brother (Abacus RE.Think Dub)

Tomorrow, that Sasse track I've been promising!

a chat

Today, an old-school treat from Abacus, aka Austin Bascom, a truly underappreciated deep house head with ties to such luminaries as Ron Trent, Chez D., and so on. At about 122 bpm, "The Abacus Chat" is a lesson in how to do your synths right-- lush mid-level chords swell while more hi mids do a bit of Chicago squelch, the drum sequencing is excellent, and the deepness of the bass is something for the ears to behold. Finally, with a sample that sounds like Paul Robeson reading Countee Cullen, and a traditional African song coming in ever-so-slightly at the track's end, this is some deep, funky, Afrocentric house that is sure to please. Originally released on Prescription in 1994.

Abacus- The Abacus Chat

Tomorrow, something nasty and awesome frm Jamal Moss.