Various Artists - EP13 [Defected]

Defected continues to bring the label’s biggest digital releases to vinyl, delivering some of the finest house music to the format for the very first time. The thirteenth EP in this series brings together some of 2022’s biggest hits, highlighting the experienced producers behind them. The A-side celebrates Harry Romero and Inaya Day’s collaboration ‘Rise Up’, originally released in June, the duo lit up the summer with this instant club favourite. The A-side continues with the Deep In Jersey remix of ‘Rise Up’, offering a deeper, dubbier take on the original for selectors. The B-side features two cuts from the industry’s finest, ‘Push The Feeling’ from Spanish selector and Urbana Records boss David Penn, with expertly overlaid vocals from Leon Stanford. Next, ‘When The Dust Clears’ is a soulful collaboration between Defected favourite Mike Dunn and vocalist LOA., demonstrating the producer’s revered hip-hop inspired sound.