The opener Daydreaming is a good representation of what you’ll find throughout: a 4/4 House beat, replete with bongos & claps, rich waves of uplifting strings and pads, layers building gradually into a euphoric, summery celebration. Like most cuts it clocks in at over 6 minutes, a long track that doesn’t overstay its welcome due to the expertly shifting arrangement.

Clouds presents another House tune with prominent claps, the chord progressions tending a bit more plaintive as daydreams turn to cruising through the sky. Hints of strummed electric guitar and soaring strings usher the listen along on a bed of fluffy, shuffling beats. Changing things up, Chimera is an ambient piece with a ghostly sheen and haunting echoes. A lopsided tribal drum emerges as the Chimera lurches forth.

The title track Return To The Source, perhaps referring to the influence of classic House on this project (and, on a thematic level, a return to nature) is structured around delay-ridden synth stabs, bouncy claps, intricate percussive elements layering in as the tune develops, building into an uplifting dancefloor workout. Life After Rain comes with a fat, low bass register, insistent 4/4 kicks, bold synth stabs, and sweeping filters. The longest tune on LP, the intensity builds throughout, crashing cymbals punctuating phrases, chirping FX like birds hunting worms after the rain, evoking a San Francisco vibe with the faster tempo and steppy bassline action.

With a prominent crunchy snare/clap, Shifting Sands has a rotating, trance-like central riff, spasms of psyched-out FX, and sparse wind instruments, as we leave the city and venture out to the desert. Leading into Echoplex - another contemplative House track with stuttering hi-hats, finger clicks, washed-out waves of strings, and classic-era synth plinks and plonks. It’s danceable and head-nodding at the same time.

The final stretch of the album is a strong one. Take Me Further is bold minor piano chords, a funky beat, and classic early 90’s rave vibes, with bouncy bass and a cheeky riff sure to push ravers' hands in the air. Dream State, the album’s second ambient piece, places a hazy rattle over delay-drenched piano and a warm bed of strings, a brief reprieve before the climax of New Horizons. This one is downtempo, with crystalline shimmers, juicy synths and a fat, plonky bass sitting atop a slow beat and tribal bongos, gradually unwinding as creeping beams of light shine on a new horizon.

The intriguing cover art is key to accessing this album's treasures: a stone tomb cracks open to reveal shafts of geometric light, hinting at an unseen source of wonder beyond. With its nature-based track titles and recurring use of organic, analog sounds, Return To The Source invites the listener to do just that.

Available July 15th on Bandcamp.

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  Fraser Ross
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  L.A.B.
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  TASTE
  Sabrina Carpenter
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  I LOVE YOU, I'M SORRY
  Gracie Abrams
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  ESPRESSO
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  SAILOR SONG
  Gigi Perez
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  A BAR SONG (TIPSY)
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  GOOD LUCK, BABE!
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