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Two extended original productions from Will Long, and two accompanying versions from DJ Sprinkles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"We live in an era when ‘change’ is a soundbite to sell more of the same old ideas, and ‘revolution’ has more to do with social trends than social change. Will Long’s deep house debut on Terre Thaemlitz’s Comatonse Recordings examines that pack of lies dubbed ‘change’ from the sweaty dancefloor, sounding the aftermath of failure around attempts at equality in ‘progressive’ societies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMade with a simple setup of rhythm composer percussion, polyphonic synth chords, and rack sampler vocals, these tracks have a minimal rawness that contends we’ve been wrong the whole time about how far the US - and the world - has come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough they are sonically unlike anything Long has produced as Celer or his other aliases for minimal and ambient experiemental audio, they share a stripped-yet-full sound that reacts against overproduction - within the dance music industry, and societies at large.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDJ Sprinkles’ overdubbed contributions quite literally and psycho-acoustically resonate that intention, tactfully rending a farther, lush physicality and soulfulness thru deftly applied daubs of glutinous sub-bass pressure, airy strings and subtly shimmering FX, really bringing Long’s trax to life in a whole other dimension; and via disciplined, stripped-down, full-bodied production values that rank as perhaps the deepest productions yet in the Sprinkles’ canon. They could be taken as a call for humbleness and meditative efficiency over cliched buildups and preening vanities, perhaps a comment on ‘deep’ house as the equivalent of a fresh tattoo or sweatshop t-shirt slogan. 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Under-Currents places sparing samples of T.R.M. Howard - a mentor of Jesse Jackson - amidst a dream sequence of carbonated hi-hats and lingering chords urged by a plump bass drum, whilst Get In \u0026amp; Stay In nods to civil right activist and Georgia congressional representative John Lewis in a lush haze of crepuscular chromatics and loping swing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the flipsides, DJ Sprinkles contributes another pair of incredible overdubs, lending Long’s minimal elements a richer, fleshier feel, whether with additional breakbeats or nimbly lowering the bass and layering up spirited flutes and Rhodes. 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