PREMIERE — Rashid Ajami – Dark City (Atjazz Astro Dub) [Get Physical] [MI4L.com]

Ajami is a busy man with credits on key labels like Noir Music, Anjunadeep and Ministry of Sound. He is also the founder of The Happiness Technique, which encourages people to process painful emotions in transformative ways. He certainly provides plenty of solace with his music, and this new single is a perfect example of that. The enticingly moody ‘Dark City’ has aching male vocals drifting over a mournful house groove. There is warmth in the keys, and plenty of space in the arrangement in which to get lost. It is a terrifically tender track that brings real class to house music.

Remixing is the ever popular Atjazz, who has been synonymous with lush jazz house, lounge styles and labels like Mantis and Atjazz Record Company for decades. He brings all his studio wizardry to a remix that bubbles with electronic soul and wavy grooves. His lithe synths add extra colour and make things more upbeat, while an Astro Dub is even more elastic and groovy for intimate late night dancing.