K•Mo follows up his debut album ‘Vision’, released on Wayout in 2019, with his new single ‘7th Heaven’, backed with remixes from Tokyo’s Mahal and Sub Club’s Harri and Affi under their Manakinz guise.
For the first half of the package K•Mo delivers two originals and title cut ‘7th Heaven’ leads. Bringing swirling, deep atmospheric pads, hypnotic drum patterns and organic percussion into focus. His second original jam, ‘Praise’, retains a similarly drum-led aesthetic while introducing a more melodious feel via ethereal strings, bright piano lines and hypnotic textures to create an authentic slice of heads down deep house.
The latter half of the EP welcomes two remixes, first up is Tokyo-based DJ and producer, Mahal with his ‘Oneness Vision Remix’ of 7th Heaven, putting his stamp on the original and focusing heavily on a deep thunderous kick choppy bass hits while an amalgamation of lush strings, trippy vocals and jazz-leaning sounds also enter the fray. Lastly to round out the release is some Glasgow house royalty, with Manakinz aka Harri - Sub Club resident and Affi Koman, Sunday Circus resident. The duo rework the original deep feel’ of Praise’ into a more robust house cut, keeping the core of the composition whilst stirring in uplifting piano lines, dynamic percussion, acid-tinged resonant licks and a bumpy bass line.
Support from Franck Roger, Frankie Valentine, Horse Meat Disco, Bill Brewster Juliano, Jaye Ward, Demian, Michael Serafini, Julietta, Philipp Priebe, Mathias Kaden, Roman Rauch, John Burgin, Owain K, Ben Gomori, Manooz, Angus Maxwell, DJ Mag, Clandestino, OHM, Michel De hey, Ibiza Global Radio, Clubbing Spain, Ibiza Sonica, Demi, Anthony Collins, Ruff Stuff and more...
credits
released July 3, 2020
Written and produced by K•Mo.
Remixes by Manakinz and Mahal.
James Kumo, has been DJing since the mid-90’s, cutting his teeth in London playing guest slots in and around the city, and
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