Cervo - THE ANTLERS OF GOD - Lumberjacks in Hell / LIH 023

It s all going on for Cervo at the moment. Having just launched the Banana Hill label with an excellent record from Majid Bekkas (that he also did an edit for), the UK-based producer has now been snapped up by Marcel Vogels Lumberjacks In Hell label to drop more of his worldly edit science. On Rhythm leads the charge with confidence on the A-side, using a bubbling, Afro-infused disco-funk source and making it lean and mean for the floor. There s a distinctly Nigerian lilt to the guitars that cluck away through Dancing Dream, but it s accompanied by bright chiming chords and a solid beat that will stand up to any contemporary house jam. Banku is even more explicitly modern, although still layered up with gorgeous vocals and percussion from Africa.