Cobblestone Jazz

in anticipation of Cobblestone Jazz's second album-appropriately enough, titled The Modern Deep Left Quartet-the group surfaces with a teaser 12''.''Chance Dub,'' which opens the album, gives us a first taste of the gentler, more subdued sound that came out of last summer's album sessions. In place of the monster riffs and psychedelic freakouts of tracks like ''India in Me'' and ''Dump Truck'' is something deeper, smoother, maybe more reflective. A lone chord progression leads the way, brooding but still nimble; around it build swelling synth pads, sub-bass pressure, sprightly bass sequences and of course the high-precision rhythm programming that gives the group such a formidable sense of funk. It's a mellower side of Cobblestone Jazz, but it also displays the power of restraint. Mixed and recorded in real time, like all the band's music, the track is always evolving and always in motion, but it never feels busy. It's simply driving, sensual, properly analog house music, the way it was meant to be.On the B-side, ''Chance,'' offers a radically different take on the same material. The groove remains the same, but in place of the looped chord changes of ''Chance Dub,'' Danuel Tate takes the lead on Rhodes piano, with a long, rippling solo that gives the tune its easy-going sense of exploration. Solid release again.

• 1 Chance (dub)
• 2 Chance