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New York house music (undoubtedly a more rapacious and aggressive animal than its Chicago godfather) has longtime producers, Mateo & Matos to thank for keeping it alive. Raised on the citys late 70s disco shows, Eddie "E-Z" Matos and John "Roc" Mateo hooked up in the mid 80s via Johns own pirate radio mixes that he broadcasted from his own home. After being mentored by a pre-Masters-At-Work, Louie Vega and spending much of the late 80s actively playing NYCs house circuit, Mateo & Matos embarked on a recording career that saw them drop deep singles for classic labels such as Nervous, Spiritual Life, and Henry Street as well as several original and mix albums for Scotlands Glasgow Underground. Essential Elements, their U.S. album debut, enforces theyre role once again in keeping deep-house a credible art-form. Here they infuse African, Latin, and the good ol four-on-the-floor beats in a complex combination of true New York flavor. The album tracks have been mixed together to give it a beefy blend that would be perfect for the floor of many poorly lit dance dwellings.
I have been on Amazon for quite a while and this is the first CD that has motivated me to write a review. Take 5 parts house, 3 parts tribal and then mix in 2 parts of that uncanny understanding of the spiritual elements - then you get these guys have done here. The track roll seamlessly into each other creating that mood that could equally make want to dance close to the ground or turn out the lights, light some cadles and get busy with that someone next to you. Approach with extreme caution!
