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The Ninja on this record
The cut marches at a crisp 125bpm, its four-four grid locked tight enough to keep a floor moving without ever tripping over itself. A front-and-centre vocal rides the mix like a familiar ghost, giving its 11A key centre a human pulse that offsets the high energy rating; the hook is immediate but not desperate, letting the track breathe in its own pocket.
This is the kind of record you drop when the room is already lit but you need a bridge between the bombs—its nine-out-of-ten drive keeps hands in the air, yet the groove leaves enough headroom for the next peak. It is functional house done with feeling, and that is rarer than the crates suggest.