Curated by rising star Bonnie Spacey (SXDNS337/BLOG010), Critical Monday reaches the 19th chapter of its beautiful journey. Doing the honours, Sylphomatic (SXDNS354) cooked two savoury dance-floor-oriented cuts and invited two of the most established artists of the so-called Indie Dance/Dark Disco scene for the remix duties: none other than the big bosses of Espacio Cielo, Parissior (SXDNS206/FREEDL043/TAKEOVER002/BANDCAMP002/RASTROLIVE009), and Side Up Works, Diego Montiel (SXDNS194).

Hailing from Brussels, the solid Belgian duo, if big beer fans like yours truly, have the chance of holding awesome studio sessions with the company of some delicious lambics from the internationally acclaimed local brewery Cantillon. If not, the studio sessions must be awesome anyway. True music & clubbing lovers, the lads successfully manage to bring together their different influences and individualities to deliver a competent and well-constructed output.

The track we were solicited to review/premiere is not one of the originals, though, but the outstanding version made with love & shadow by master Diego Montiel. Owner of another vital independent label, he makes his debut on Critical featuring an interpretation of the trippy “Wet Ritual” embedded with his characteristic sonority: the trippiness is still there, but with more drive and a punchier attitude, turning the theme into a livelier cut.

You can find (and buy) this and other music pearls on the Bandcamp page of the label.

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