Under new alias C'est Moi, Alex Niggemann delivers a very special treat on Dessous Recordings that demonstrates the sheer depth and range of his outstanding production talents. Marrying a deadly deep, garage-tinged and American-influenced vein of house music to his polished, distinctively European sensibility, 'This Song' will have diehard fans and new converts alike nodding heads and swinging hips on the floor.
The title track is an impeccably executed groove with acid-tinged analogue sounds bubbling up from the depths as the tune gathers in power. The spoken-word sample embodies its ambitions: this is house music as storytelling in the vein of DJ Sprinkles or Marshall Jefferson's 'Mushrooms'.
Dario D'Attis's remix roughens up the edges of the original in fine style, adding thump, bounce and distorted metallic tones before a fizzing climax engineered for pleasure on peak-time floors.
The package is rounded off by a real deep house burner: the spacious, pulsing 'From A Bird's Eye View' with its soul-drenched vocal, distant strings and glimmering chimes.
'Play this song about 3 or 4 times a day', says the voice on 'This Song': a prescription for an EP that's destined for heavy rotation.