JTC

Tadd's acid warrior alter ego, JTC, returns to Spectral Sound – a label he's been a part of for at least a decade – and with it comes an onslaught of house and funk to fill up a dancefloor. ''Valley Road (We Are 1)'' has a classic Detroit sound that could easily find its way into Mike Huckaby or Rick Wade's DJ bags, and includes the assurance that ''together we are one.'' After the intense and dark Creep Acid 2xLP that came out on Nation in 2011, it's impressive to see the former Mr. Cotton return with something so fun and buoyant. The DJ QU remix is a perfect accompaniment, coating the original version's classic New York house elements with a deeper, hypnotic tribal rhythm that can be heard at QU's late-night warehouse sets where Queens meets nowhere.

• 1 Valley Road (We Are 1)
• 2 Valley Road (Dj qu remix)
• 3 Alpha Helix