Stefan Ringer

Soulflow

Genre: TECHNO / HOUSE

12" (Black Vinyl)

Boomkat Product Review:

ATL deep house and broken beat maverick Stefan Ringer heavily charms with the finest takes on Detroit beatdown, dialled down Jersey drill, and UK bruk torque for Bristol’s Black Acre - RIYL KDJ, John F.M., Kai Alcé, Dego, Michael J Blood

Going shades deeper than his effusive recent turn for Eglo, but still richly buoyant with club suss and purring subs under-the-hood, ’Soulflow’ portrays Ringer at his classically skooled but front-facing best. As a pivotal player in the Atlanta scene, with strong links to the Motor City, Ringer has risen to acclaim beyond his postcode in the old fashioned way: producing killer tunes oozing with distinctive soul, rather than corny marketing. He’s been at it for more than a decade as producer, DJ, promoter and all that, but fair to say it’s only in recent years that Ringer has broached a broader club consciousness with some of the freshest contemporary spin on tried and tested styles out there right now, as perfectly firmed up on ‘Soulflow’.

No mistake, these are songs not tracks, gripping from the off with the resigned sigh and lip-bitingly tight, offbeat hustle of his title tune, lighting up the blue sparks and velvet bass of its deep house groove with signature keyboard sauce and deadly louche vox reminding to John F.M., before slipping Jersey drill rhythms down a notch, gilded with with glancing dub chords, sirens and chef’s kiss croon on ‘What’s Your Sign’. The remarkable diversity within a style only unfolds further in a peppery brukbeat zinger ‘Cleanse’ going like something from the Dego playbook, before shoring up in the beatdown grind of ‘Body Know’ with a proper, freshly skewed yet timeless update on KDJ or Theo templates via Michael J. Blood & Rat Heart.

Absolute doozy!

12" (Black Vinyl) (4)