A new digital release is as good an excuse as any for a reappraisal of the glorious sound of Metro Area. With the first four EPs taking a lot of the limelight for comprising the MA album, 5 and 6 in the 12″ series are well-deserving of a second outing. As with all their output, Morgan Geist and Jesrani craft immaculate, warm and heartfelt disco-house nuggets devoid of any of the negative association that genre tag might imply. “Nerves” is a masterclass in uplifting but sorrowful strings, while “Proton Candy” is all quirky Italo flavour. “Honey Circuit” meanwhile sports a punchier electro strut, and “Things Fall” shows the modern contingent how to really do analogue deep house.
 


 
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In other news, the next Storm Queen release, Let’s Make Mistakes (ENV037), is now complete and awaiting a mid-July release to take the summer by Storm… Queen…

GSHC Podcast 013 – Darshan Jesrani

Darshan Jesrani will be in Europe on tour this summer, we have those weekend dates currently available:

June 03rd, 04th and 10th

Please send us your request if you are interested

Autumn of 2011 brings the birth of Startree, a new record label from Metro Area’s Darshan Jesrani, with its first release.  Serving primarily as an outlet for his own solo material and collaborative projects, Startree will represent Darshan’s expansive and personal aesthetic: the same values which inspired the lauded, game-changing Metro Area alongside partner Morgan Geist, his solo work for various labels in the intervening years and his celebrated buoyant, energetic DJ sets worldwide.

Startree aims to fill a void in the contemporary independent dance music market by offering releases which reflect diversity of taste, while maintaining a strict, but not easily quantifiable focus.  Startree’s branches reach out into the horizon, as it grows from the roots and past of the music it participates in.  Startree will be produced and distributed exclusively by Word And Sound, digitally and physically.