Cody Currie - Beer Machine (2017)

Cody Currie's self-titled EP on Pusic Records was one of the better deep house debuts of 2016. This follow-up for Better Listen is similarly impressive. It sees him showcase a range of tracks that fuse a hip-hop, sample-digging mentality with the dusty, soul-flecked deep house swing of Chicago and Detroit's jazzier producers. The rich and organic sounding opener "Hearty & Healthy"- all hip-hop vocal samples, spacey boogie synth breakdowns and MPC-driven deep house beats - is particularly alluring, though the 'Disco Mix' of "Dynamite" is also superb. The liquid deep house funk of "Beer Machine", where disco samples pop in and out of a rich backing track, feels like a late night anthem in waiting.

Tracks:
01. Cody Currie - Hearty & Healthy (5:51)
02. Cody Currie - Heineken 04 (5:28)
03. Cody Currie - Dynamite (Beer Mix) (5:42)
04. Cody Currie - Dynamite (Disco Mix) (6:13)
05. Cody Currie - Beer Machine (6:23)