The press office at Parkway Records describes Mark Seven’s House Breakin EP as “Three cuts of NY house, the kind you just don’t find these days.” They’re not wrong. Tru Love takes up the entire A-side and occupies a sonic space situated between `80s freestyle and house. Perhaps a little tougher than Parkway’s usual output, it’s less Nu Groove and more Tommy Musto, Lenny Dee and Frankie Bones. Where 2 or 3 male and female diva samples vie with gated sequences, bell-like tones and funky organ fills. It’s both catchy and deep, with some proper old school drum programming and cool additional key vamps toward the close.

Dum Dum has a near subliminal, spectral hypnotic ringing ride a similar rattling, retro rhythm. However, the vocals are cut up, razor sharp, into rave-ier riffs, in what maybe a respectful nod to the legendary Latin Rascals. The beats are as bad ass as a bonus bang from Todd Terry. Egyptian Groove picks up the pace, mixing sexy Spanish moans, sinister Master C&J synths and snippets of half-inched hip house. While referencing NYC the track also joins the dance floor dots from Canada’s Bigshot’s seminal stuff to Relief Records’ raw stripped back Chicago jack.

Mark Seven’s House Breakin’ can be ordered directly from Parkway Records.