EP Review: Jean Claude Ades & Rony Seikaly – East West

The ‘East West’ EP is the deep house spawn of the Italian international DJ and producer Jean Claude Ades, and (as the title suggests) his American fellow DJ, and ex-NBA player, Rony Seikaly.

The collaboration is hailed as the two DJ’s “bringing influences from their respective scenes” together in a most stylistic way, and it certainly can be called stylistic.

Track 1 ‘Oh Yeah’ is dripping with an 80s feel, from the bouncing synth to its warm, sluggish bassline. While the track makes you feel like your back in shoulder pads, bopping around with your collar up, it offers little more than that, and is at the most pretty average.

Track 2 offers something a little more up-tempo and interesting in the shape of ‘Perfect Match’. Whilst the song builds up in layers nicely, to an eerie breakdown, the crescendo is disappointing. You can pretend to be Axel Foley all you want to this track, but it offers little more than that.

The stand out track of the East West EP, is its third and final, ‘Mood That I Love’ that has a perfect mix of bouncing, menacing synths and beats, perfectly matched with a haunting female vocal (reminiscent of Alice Glass of Crystal Castles). It’s everything that the rest of the EP should be, and has you caught from start to finish.

Of course for fans of either artist this will be a must, but if you have some spare change floating around, download the best track only.

By J.J. Nattrass

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