Ferreck Dawn - Lost At The End

There’s a warmth to proper Toolroom house that a lot of the streaming-optimized stuff has sanded off completely, and Lost At The End has it in spades. Ferreck Dawn writes house that actually grooves, that slightly loose, organic swing that gets you nodding before you’ve consciously decided to, and this rides a piano stab and a rubbery bassline into a chorus almost too pretty for the club. The vocal hook lodged immediately; I had it going round my head on the walk to get coffee this morning, a full day after one play the night before. It builds without ever turning frantic, letting the groove do all the persuading, and when the full arrangement lands around 1:45 it feels earned rather than forced on you. This is grown-and-sexy house, the stuff for the part of the night when a crowd wants to move but not sweat through their shirts. Ferreck Dawn rarely misses in this lane, and this is him comfortably, unhurriedly not missing.

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