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4 Track EP Of Deep House - Delusions Of Grandeur proudly welcomes back 6th Borough Project, the Scottish duo known for their deep-rooted devotion to dusty MPC jams, late-night disco refractions, and the raw, low-slung house grooves that have made them underground staples for over a decade.
Made up of veteran producers Craig Smith and Graeme Clark (a.k.a. The Revenge), 6th Borough Project have carved out a signature sound: soulful but tough, analog yet futuristic, always tapping into the spirit of warehouse sessions and dimly-lit basements. Their new EP entitled The Deal distills everything we love about 6BP - chunky drums, hypnotic groove science, and a certain smoky, nocturnal magic - across four expertly sculpted cuts. Leading the charge, The Deal is a stripped-back, rolling deep house burner powered by crunchy disco-infused beats and a captivating forward momentum. A hooky sax stab weaves in and out of the mix, keeping the groove bubbling and teasing dancers deeper into the zone.
A proper late-night tool with bags of attitude. Driving and percussive from the first bar, The Hertz rides a simple but deadly classic disco groove pushed along by punchy synth stabs and swirling dub-soaked chords. A perfectly-placed vocal sample sprinkles just the right amount of flavour on top, sealing this one as a certified dancefloor shaker. Flip over for Let Me Know which strips things back to the bare essentials: a bold square-wave bass motif, clipped disco drums, rasping open hats, and chopped vox flickering like neon. Dubby, twisted, and packed with raw kinetic energy, this is peaktime ammunition for those who like their grooves dirty and unrefined. Rounding off the EP, For Life is a mutant discoid teaser made for warming up the room or resetting the vibe. A single-note bassline pulses beneath syncopated stabs, creating a hypnotic tension that steadily draws dancers closer to the speakers. Subtle, deep, and effortless in it’s intention.
Scottish deep house/disco fusionists 6th Borough Project (AKA old pals Craig Smith and Graeme Clark AKA The Revenge) are overdue a return to action. It seems fitting then that this welcome return to Delusions of Grandeur gleefully celebrates what they do best: namely hypnotic, disco and boogie-flecked deep house loop jams. Smith and Clark recall their late noughties work for Instruments Of Rapture on opener 'The Deal', where woozy electric piano stabs, sampled sax and short vocal snippets rise above a duty, locked-in groove, before reaching for looser, bongo-laced beats, squelchy synth bass and hazy pads on 'The Hertz'. 'Let Me Know' is a trippy, acid-flecked affair with a constantly building vine, while 'For Life' is an attractive slab of warehouse-ready deep house chug.