I’m back on my House and Global Groove kick and have been listening to…

Nitin Sawhney’s Philtre and All Mixed Up: Philtre is an interesting blend of downtempo and house influenced look at the marriage of Bollywood to deep south blues. While it sounds like a bad match ala Mississippi
Masala it actually is a fascinating listen. All Mixed Up, is as it sounds: other artists re-mixing Sawhney’s work, which is another great global groove album.

System Recording’s Club Life v1: four on the floor deep house and trance. Not for Kit, but anyone looking for an album that will help them get and stay in the zone this is it. For me, these albums are great when I need to concentrate on mentally intensive tasks like coding or writing because of their non-intrusive meditative nature.

Susumu Yokota’s Sound of Sky: More deep house goodness from the master. While it was released over 3 years ago it is an excellent follow up to his ambient leaning 1998 and disco fueled house extravaganza 1999. Sound of Sky slips into the space between those albums combining the rigid beat structures of house with the long languid sounds of chill out and ambient.