Artist: Speaking Minds
Title: Runners EP
Label: My Favorite Robot
Release Date: February 12 2016
Cat. Number: MFR138

 

Tracklist

Marathon
Marathon (Dub Mix)
The Last Step

 

Canadian label My Favorite Robot Records looks across the pond to Italy for one of its early 2016 EPs. The act behind the three excellent track release is Speaking Minds, a duo that released on the label back in 2014 and have also put out music on Aeon Records.

Simone Sinatti and Marco Paladin have very quickly won fans and acclaim around the world with their inspired and passionate DJ sets and artful take on club music. Here they prove that once more with richly crafted synths and expansive grooves aplenty.

The perfectly seductive ‘Marathon’ opens up the EP with the sort of moods and groove that would be perfect for a long late night drive. Neon synth lines snake along above a rooted rubber groove and grow more wild as thing unfold. It is the sort of hypnotic offering that really takes command of a dancefloor and never lets up. A dub mix of the same cut is even more driven, some of the synth drones are stripped back and it is a more cerebral, spaced out techno roller as a result.

The third offering, ‘The Last Step,’ is another deep space affair with gorgeously designed pads circling round a spacious groove. It is a vast and atmospheric track that really transports you to another galaxy far, far way with its rainy melodies, moody drum kicks and arcing sense of narrative.

This is spine tingling, sensitive music that is epic and emotive in all the right ways.