Various Artists - MoBlack Sampler Vol. 9 [MoBlack Records]

Italy’s own MoBlack – rooted in Ghanaian Afro house and a sister label to the inimitable MODEF, also run by Mimmo Falcone, the label’s artistic reference point – rolls out the red carpet with another carefully curated four-tracker of some of the most played cuts recently within the deep Afro house terrain. No tracklist on the sleeve, but the grooves speak for themselves: percussive and repercussive builds, hypnotic vocal loops, and heavy, driving bass, all condensed into ideal dusk-to-dawn compacts. This is the kind of material that’s been frequently appearing in sets by Black Coffee, Solomun, Dixon, and &ME lately, designed to shine on big room systems and open-air sessions alike.