[Uzuri]

I almost start to worry when I see a Move D 12″ with more than two tracks. His brand of lush house is just best left uninterrupted, with each track slowly opening up and getting better with each bar. So when I saw that Uzuri’s 14th release featured three tracks from the Heidelberg maestro, well, I was intrigued. A quick glance at the tracklist revealed “Things Will Come (…For Those Who Wait).” however, is a short, two-and-a-half minute exercise in bass line-driven funk.

That leaves us with one (essentially) sidelong stunner on each side: “Your Personal Healer,” driven by submerged chords and short guitar licks, and “Sur un Bateau avec Eric,” which features square-wave bass tones and the titular Eric’s whispered narration. These are unhurried tracks that, on this particularly chilly day, make it seem as if summer is pouring out of my speakers, with “Sur un Bateau avec Eric” in particular succeeding in this regard. Moufang has been playing this track for awhile now, and while most tracks released after such a long time are confronted by bored audiences, it’s a testament to the timelessness of Move D’s productions that this track has stayed so fresh. Then again, Move D releases are rather infrequent, so it’s safe to assume he puts a lot of work into every track, constantly tweaking until everything is just right. In the case of the Hydrophonic EP, it all pays off, providing another essential bit of refined house from Heidelberg.