Product Description
Following well-regarded singles from Audio Werner and Onirik & Pablo Tarno, Finest Hour turns to Alan Mathias and Etienne Dauta – more commonly known as Arcarsenal – for 12″ number three. The duo’s off-kilter brand of ultra-deep house is a neat fit with the label, and happily Arcarsenal delivers a strong four-tracker. While the Detroit-influenced sci-fi shimmer of “Quoth” is probably the most ear catching of the quartet, it’s the sub-heavy, dubwise broken house shuffle of opener “Perpetual Workout” that most impresses. While deep and alluring, the beats are formidably tough and the composition particularly intoxicating. Elsewhere, “Ancient Language” – an exercise in dub house with a wide-eyed techno feel – is also particularly potent.