Ed Davenport follows up his "Curtain Call" EP for NRK Music with a new 3 track EP titled "More Red Lights".
The title track comes in two mixes; the Main Version of "More Red Lights" is a modern fusion of new and old, with its melodious piano hook teasing away over heavyweight broken beats and crashing 909 cymbals. A pitching vocal line might point to some classic UK rave influences, but "More Red Lights" sounds as fresh a piece of techno-house as you will hear all year. The Dub Version is a more subtle affair, opening up the echo chambers on the snares and rims, and using a bouncing pad to drive the track through.
"Basium" keeps the continuity with a decidedly old school UK flavour. A dubby drum workout builds and builds with further female vox snippets and haunting ambience, never once letting up as the energy rises in a well thought out and precision production.
Selected DJ comments;
Seth Troxler Bomb! Great old school house
Loco Dice Great stuff!
Luke Solomon (Rekids/Classic) Playing this bad boy!
Ben Sims - Ed is definately becoming one of the most reliable names in modern house music! Curtain Call is still working very well for me so i'm excited about dropping these :-) Loving all 3
Subb-an (Spectral Sound) Great release from Ed as always. Like Basium the best
Ian Pooley Wow, will play this everywhere!
Paul Woolford (Planet E/2020 vision) Oooof, feeling the warehouse vibe on More Red Lights, great EP.
Glimpse (Crosstown Rebels) Amazing EP, great stuff
DJulz (Ovum) Im a big fan of Eds music for years, another superb EP from the man
Maya Jane Coles (Real Tone) Yes Ed smashes it with this one! Love all 3 tracks
Shlomi Aber (Ovum) very nice ep , will support ,
Brendon Moeller (Wave Music) more red lights (dub) for me. go Ed!
Danny Howells (Dig Deeper) Holy *&@^ this is great!!!
Dean Muhsin (Bearweasel) Refreshing stuff, superb!
Anthony Colins (Freak n Chic) - dub mix is really good
Matt Tolfrey (Leftroom) More Red Lights is amazing, as is Basium. Good work!
Argy (These Days) - One of the best records of the year so far! Really excited about this last Ed Davenport release who is growing into a very mature artist indeed.
Spencer Parker (Rekids) - More Red Lights is dope
Jordan Peak (Tsuba) Another great release from the legendary NRK. Really love it!
Billy Nasty (Tortured) Really liking the Basium track
Laurent Garnier (F Comm) I like the great organic Dub version of More Red Lights
Milton Jackson Im liking this, top quality
Marcin Czubala (Mobilee) Really nice, proper 90s house vibe
Tommy Four Seven (Shooting Elvis) I think this is the best thing Ed has produced, I can see it being a Panorama Bar classic
Ric McClelland (Scope) - AWESOME.. strongest NRK in a while now. Proper deep house for the clubs. Will be hammering the original and Basium. The pad action in the dub is heavy. Love that too :)
