Junior Jack, Mark Knight, James Hurr - Feelings

There is a disco string stab in Feelings that sounds like it was lifted straight off a 1979 twelve-inch, and the moment it drops in, the whole track grins. Getting Junior Jack in a room with Mark Knight and James Hurr is a genuinely exciting prospect if you have any history with this music, Junior Jack being the man behind E Samba and Thrill Me, records that basically soundtracked a decade of European clubs. Feelings leans into that lineage hard. It is tech house with the disco left in, a filtered loop that struts rather than stomps, topped with a soulful vocal that has clearly been chopped and re-pitched but keeps all its warmth. Knight and Hurr bring the modern punch, drums that hit with a dry, clipped precision, and the two eras fit together with no visible seams. The bassline is pure Saturday-night serotonin, the kind of simple rolling groove that seems obvious until you try to write one and realise how often it comes out clumsy. There is a breakdown where the disco strings swell up on their own and you can feel the room preparing to lose it. This is veterans enjoying themselves, which is a specific and underrated pleasure. It sounds expensive and effortless at once. One for a proper system and a crowd old enough to recognise the sample.

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