Mister Joshooa - Settle Down EP [Planet E Communications]

Planet E turns its gaze to the heart of Detroit club culture to present the label debut of a Motor City regular: Mister Joshooa. A DJ and sound engineer closely linked to the city's music scene—regularly playing at venues like TV Lounge and Lincoln Factory, and with previous appearances on Carl Craig's acclaimed Detroit Love compilation—Settle Down features four tracks that solidify Mister Joshooa's clear and expansive vision of house.

The title track, Settle Down, distills the energy and influence of the scene into an elastic, constantly grooving introduction that vibrates with energy and anticipation, featuring a bassline that could last for hours, psychedelic effects, live percussion, and delirious vocals that captivate dancers.

Snake Oil, meanwhile, strips everything down to its essentials, extracting a good dose of floor juice with a hypnotic, lightly psychedelic arrangement that offers a forceful depth without pretense.

Stop Me pushes Mister Joshooa's production into even stranger and more mysterious territory, with a fluctuating pulse and a hypnotic melody designed to create a charged, surreal, or even sinister atmosphere, depending on one's perception on the dance floor.

Finally, Step Up closes with the EP's rawest and most direct journey, where classic drum machine programming confronts a pulsating sonic tangle and analog oddities, becoming an outsider hybrid of techno and step from its darker side.