Seems like a lot of djs are going towards the House/Disco sound. I’m not complaining. I came across a new set today by Brooklyn based Djs Metro Area. Their new album is being released by fabric and you know anything that comes from fabric is quality. I love their sound. Down tempo but yet still able to dance to. Here’s what Fabric had to say about them:

Some musical partnerships seem to require a leap of faith or a suspension of our collective disbelief; others progress come along so naturally that the synergy almost seems fated, their work resolutely undeniable. Brooklyn-based Metro Area (Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani) is of the latter group without doubt: a beautifully harmonious relationship wherein the duo push and pull in all the right directions without compromise. Although both listened to pop RnB/electro of the mid 80s growing up in quiet pockets of the East coast (Darshan in Poughkeepsie, New York and Morgan in New Jersey), they independently found themselves drawn to synthesizers and the techy side of producing long before they discovered one another. As Morgan and Darshan migrated towards equally remote areas of America for college (Darshan staying in the east coast and Morgan relocating to the Midwest) and gradually coaxed releases from the closed confines of their dorms (Morgan even started his label, Environ, in his dorm room), they simultaneously lived their formative years feeling somewhat misunderstood and somewhat misplaced musically. It’s a sentiment that’s rung true from when they met each other on email lists in the days before internet forums through their early days when the two first teamed up as an avant-garde, creatively unbound production/DJ team.

Fabric 43, an artistically arranged and brightly coloured journey through Metro Area’s vast record collections, remains as reflective as it is forward-thinking. Metro Area deliver a peerless jam-packed mix of Easy Street dance classics (World Premiere’s “Share The Night”) through to 80’s club hits (”Work For Love” by Ministry), with a generous helping of disco and boogie anthems and electropop output from the likes of Premiere Class. Poppy and infectious, retro and yet timeless, Fabric 43 dazzles with uplifting dancefloor gold.

-Fabric

Check out the mix.

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Metro Area - Fabric43

Tracklist:
1. Babla’s Disco Sensation - Ghar Aya Mera Pardesi (Intro)
2. World Premiere - Share the Night (Breakdown Mix)
3. Ministry - Work for Love (Dub Mix)
4. The Disco Four - Move to the Groove (Instrumental)
5. Skratch - You Should Have Known Better (Instrumental)
6. Barbara Norris - Heavy Hitter (Dub Version)
7. Gary’s Gang - Makin’ Music (Dub Mix)
8. Voyage - Souvenirs
9. Five Special - Why Leave Us Alone (Long Version)
10. Ray Martinez - The Natives are Restless
11. Dreamhouse - I Can Feel It
12. Mascara - Baja (Instrumental Dub Version)
13. Play by Numbers - Cloud Nine (Ready Mix)
14. Midway - Set it Out (Funky Breakdown Mix)
15. Heaven 17 - Penthouse and Pavement
16. Data - Blow (Remix)
17. Atmosphere - Swede’s Scandal
18. Wiretap - X-Rated Man
19. Plez - I Can’t Stop (Acid Rainforest Mix)
20. Baby Oliver - Feelings 2
21. Jean Luc Ponty - Open Mind (Special Dance Mix)
22. Premiere Class - Poupée Flash
23. Devo - Freedom of Choice

-Jep