This came out late last year, Sideshow being Aus co-founder Fink, and “Philly Soundworks” being the latest prog-house track I’ve liked that includes the word “Philly” in its title (DJ T’s “Philly” being another). There’s a dub-like amount of space in the production, which lets the slinky piano chords spread out ad infinitum and the live-sounding drum patches loosen up without derailing the song’s otherwise steady uptempo groove. Remixer Jesse Rose throws a huge kick behind the original and stop-starts the track with Switch-like breaks that I could see working in a new-rave set; Lee Jones goes the opposite direction, softening the track with a glaze of held synth-tones that land this one in Buddha Box territory, despite the last-minute acid freakout towards the end.

Aus Music / AUS0603
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[Nick Sylvester]