Alex Metric & Ten Ven - Transmission 1 EP

The collaborative duo of Alex Metric and Ten Ven have already scored a screaming success this year with the ornate awesomeness of "Otic." This past week they teamed up again, this time building a bliss-filled three part EP on Diynamic Music. Transmission 1 takes on that same sensational house ethos, ushering in three equally beautiful and brilliant slow burning bangers. Consummately crafted, each note plays its role perfectly, maintaining and magnifying the melody at the core. Like "Otic" these are not flashy, jaw droppers, but rather soul inhabiting and infecting pieces. They are undoubted floor fillers, and prime-time pleasure packers.

The lead track "The Q" is perhaps the closest to "Otic" offering up big bounces and a magical melody built around a classic feeling drum design. The follow up, "Nebula" invokes an interstellar light show with its sweet and sour synths in an epic soundscape that is sure to leave you breathless. The finale "Plates" strikes me as the grooviest, most dance-friendly track of the EP. Progressive and playful, the drum-work drives the track with the perfect amount of punch amidst its synth stabs. While both of its predecessors are strong, this may be my favourite. That said the EP is a masterclass, with not just each note playing its role to perfection, but each track the same. "The Q" eases listeners in, "Nebula" builds on the bounce, leaving you begging for more, where finally "Plates" peaks in pure ecstasy. Get Transmission 1 from your favourite streaming source or digital outlet here, and join me in waiting for #2.FOLLOW ALEX METRIC: FACEBOOK SOUNDCLOUD TWITTER
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Alex Metric & Ten Ven - Otic

Apparently I missed the boat on this Alex Metric, Ten Ven collab "Otic," which has been building steam over the last month or so. But when I finally heard it last week in the midst of a slew of strong tracks on Pete Tong's show last Friday I was astounded. The sheer magnitude and sublime simplicity of "Otic" is unassailable. It is quite possibly one of the single greatest pieces of pure house music I've ever heard. And I think that's really the key, it feels and sounds pure; clearly conjuring up the notion of an instant classic. It has a soaring strength while remaining faithfully fixed to the floor; you are simultaneously spellbound to reach for the sky and guided by its groove, sending your hips and feet swaying and strutting. And fittingly to its title, "Otic" is of course pleasing to the ear. Each and every element not only satisfies, it soothes, stimulates and in the case of the low end, quite literally stirs.

Rarely do I get this excited for a track, or find it this easy to write about (more like gush about), but here we are; it's Alex Metric, so that shouldn't come as a surprise. I don't mean to leave Ten Ven out, and it seems it may be released on his label, When I Met You. And I say seems here, because while the image above has been circulated by both artists, the rest of the internet seems to say it will be released on Anjunadeep, as noted on the tracklist for Pete Tong and in the Soundcloud comments. Whatever the case, Alex said it is due out March 1st, so we can look forward to that next week. Until then enjoy the full stream below and be sure to follow both Alex and Ten Ven with their socials below.

UPDATE: Alex has confirmed March 2nd as the release date, indeed via Anjunadeep, see here.FOLLOW ALEX METRIC: FACEBOOK SOUNDCLOUD TWITTER
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