Alphonse – Smokey (The Pilotwings & DJ Normal 4)

Label: [Emotional] Especial – EES026
Format: Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP
Country: UK
Released: Nov 28, 2016
Genre: Electronic
Style: House, Tribal, Breakbeat
Condition: Very Good+

After a first incursion on Stuart Leath’s [Emotional] Especial last year, the mysterious Alphonse returns with ‘Smokey‘, a four-track transmission featuring reworks from in-fashion French duo The Pilotwings and sure-handed junglist DJ Normal 4.

Actually a well-known London based producer under guise, Alphonse here interlards the pared-down devoutness of tribal chants and primitive percs with the blazing lustre of synthesized disco from outer space on ‘Smokey‘. On the flip, ‘Glint AM‘ veers off into spaced-out rave mode, flexing supple synth stabs and chromatic pads up and under roaring breaks onslaughts.

A1. Smokey
A2. Smokey (The Pilotwings' Future Sound Of Lyon Remix)
B1. Glint AM
B2. Glint AM (DJ Normal 4 Vibemixx)