ZEPHERIN SAINT

On his previous releases, most of which appeared on his own label Tribe Records, Dean Zepherin AKA Zepherin Saint cannily blurred the boundary between the warm electronic sounds of vintage U.S deep house/New Jersey garage, and more organic forms of soulful dance music. This EP tends a little more towards the former than the latter, but remains impressively soul-fired. We're big fans of the organ-laden, EP-opening vocal number, 'Resurrection' - all squeezable synth-bass, off-kilter house beats, hazy trumpet lines and sun-kissed chords - but there's plenty of fine material elsewhere on the 12'', too. We'd advise checking superb flipside 'Escape', which sounds like a gloriously positive and colourful fusion of all that's good about Osunlade and Ron Trent's productions. The retro-futurist style '88 Dub' of that track completes a superb package.

• 1 Resurrect my feeling
• 2 Escape(88Dub)
• 3 Escape