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HLZ feat Awaken 'From The Past' (The Dreamers Recordings)
Straight outta Turin, The Dreamers Recordings is still in single figures for releases, but on this evidence the label is set for a big 2017. Former Need For Mirrors member HLZ drowns the soundscape in a relentlessly luxurious liquid weave, thick processed synths wafting and surging amid hypnotic indie-vocal explorations and dreamy melodic hues. Listen as the track progresses, however, and a noticeably deeper lick emerges, with breaks scudding and fluttering with a little more venom, and synths coiling and flickering with a little more electricity.
8/10
