Following two years spent serving up tasty tech-house treats on such
labels as UVAR, Windmuhle, Acme and Melodrom, Petre Ionut Valentin
brings his Lizz project back to Eastenderz. It's his third solo missive
for East End Dubs' label and, with four tracks stretched over two slabs
of vinyl, his most expansive, too. He eases us in gently via the slowly
pulsing, ultra-deep chords, spacey electronics and rolling grooves of
"Deceptiv", before offering up wonkier rhythms, weirder electronics and
more traditional tech-house elements on late night workout "Esque". Over
on the second 12-inch, "It Should" is a subtly funk-fuelled early
morning roller rich in rubbery bass and mangled, robotic vocals, while
"XOX" underpins melodious and attractive deep house musicality with a
tech-tinged rhythm.