Smallpeople Afterglow Vinyl

Hamburg deep house cognoscenti Julius Steinhoff and Dione return for their second full length as Smallpeople, following up 2012's much lauded Salty Days and some sporadic EPs on their Smallville and Fuck Reality imprints respectively.

"Afterglow" is a solid effort that continues with their fascination of classic U.S. deep house derivatives, all reinterpreted through a vibrant modern lens.

From the sunny and dusted down urban blues of opener "Magic Interference", the emotive Chicago influence on late night grooves like "Hearts At Whole" or "All States Of Dawn" (particularly the latter with its irresistible jacked vocals), through to the hypnotic Latin-tinged flavour of "Beyond" or the sublime deep dub of the title track - there's nothing to fault on this fine effort.