Breaking 2022 in is a new name to the fold. Coming courtesy of Alleviate - whose output you should be familiar with under another guise, UY170 ticks all the boxes of the quality standard and sound DNA we've been pushing ever since Upon You is a thing. Exuding heady flavours of wistful, middle-eastern-informed trip-hop, laced with a luxuriant 4x4 and vocal magnificence that'll trigger you off to an erotic marathon in the alcove, "About Love" whelms us in vibrant tapestries of velveteen sound design and fiercely sensual sub-bass traction as we move past the threshold of consciousness to heed the singer's mermaid-like call, languidly enticing us in a Hesperidian Eden where all things are to fall for.

Floor-weaponised to outstanding effect, label habitué Collate's revamp cuts a path of entire crowd subjugation into the club, further emphasising on the subs-loaded march of the drums and utilitarian force of the vocals to turn the original into a full-fledged missile without stripping it bare of its defining opiated charm. Placed in the hands of Cape Town's wonder Lady Melissa alias Not Quite FaMous, "About Love" becomes an understated marvel of piano-strewn downtempo, weightlessly orbiting around the voice to entrench your soul in a gravity-defying, hair-raising ballet of sorts. Protean in shape and mesmerising by nature, "About Love" packs all that makes a durably impressive listen.