Guy Contact and Solar Suite are both part of the pounding Antipodean progressive house revival. Producers / DJs whose contemporaries include the likes of the terribly talented Tornado Wallace, their gear – released on labels such as Butter Sessions and Foul Play – usually causes and old fella like me to flashback 30 odd year to Andrew Weatherall’s Sabresonic. However, joining forces they’ve pitched down their rave BPMs a little on a mid-tempo EP for Wax’O Paradiso. 

The musical points of reference remain very early 1990s. The opener, Zephyr, sets psychedelic synthetic swirls and big bass explosions to a chunky, chugging post-Soul II Soul drum break. Echoed emotive piano fills the spaces in between the gentle acidic belches, and the results bring to mind Guerrilla Records, Underworld’s more “ambient” alias Lemon Interrupt, and dubby chillout room classics by acts such as APL. The more boisterous Spindrift employs a familiar, tried and tested timbale rattle, making these homages / influences a bit more overt. 

Liana’s Cove tethers tumbling chimes, whispered vocals and cinematic strings to low-end growling and trippy, digital didgeridoo-like gating. The title track, Perfect Harmony, featuring foxy French chanteuse Sa+Ga, is a shot of squelchy, seductive, electronic pop erotica. Reminiscent of William Orbit’s work with Madonna, The Orb’s remixes of Sun Electric and Youth and Malcolm McLaren’s Paris Paris. Fizzing with fractal frequencies, its B-line is a slo-mo shout out to jackin’ late `80s Chicago. 

Guy Contact & Solar Suite’s Perfect Harmony can be ordered directly from Wax’O Paradiso.