J-Cub Mercado Viejo EP

E.A.R always pull something perfectly summery out of the bag just as the sun pokes it head from behind the clouds and with ‘Mercado Viejo’, it’s no different. This carnival style mood lifter is destined to have heads nodding and feet tapping in beach bars and around pools all over the world. News has it that it is already heralding the summer season in Ibiza in a wonderfully cheerful way. However, dig that tiny bit deeper and J.Cub’s classy production skills are more than evident with an infectious beat just deep enough to give this track a dancefloor ready undertone. Clever stuff indeed. On remix duties is Disco Deviance’s Dicky Trisco - a name synonymous with nu-disco and electrofunk. His take on ‘Mercado Viejo’ enters a different dimension for a darker dancefloor. A driving chugging bass and some tweaky shooting bleeps and squeaks makes for a classy remix bound to set discos alight once the sun sets beyond the horizon. Bonus tracks come in the shape of the jazz-tinged ‘Take off your shoes’ featuring some of the slickest horns heard in a long time and the wonderfully housey ‘Baby Groove’ clearly designed with dark and sexy nightclub grooving in mind.