Back in the day, DJs had to lug around at least 13 kilograms of vinyl records for a gig, usually requiring costly taxis or limousines for transportion. Today's refined disque jockey can effortlessly fit their entire music collection into a backpack and take a Bike Ride to the Club ?' which is the name of the new EP by Andrew McDonnell. The Toronto-based DJ/producer first appeared on AMAM's 2014 compilation The Sun Has Woken Up, and now he's back with six new smooth tech-house tracks.

?Manazana? sets the stage with a spartan groove, wiping the slate clean before pulling a rabbit out of its hat: halfway through comes the barrage of whistling synthetic wind, opening up a new dimension on the dancefloor. ?Itajaí?, named after the Brazilian city, distinguishes itself with a funked, crunchy sound and skippy percussive punctuation. Over in Japan, McDonnell takes a slyer approach with ?Maruyamacho? and ?Tokyo Station?, combining a kinetic pulse with on atmospheric textures. Then the beat gets darker with ?Union Stat