Lights Down Low: Party Preview
Within the past decade or so, a new generation of young Britons have ignited a renewed love affair with American house music, mining the genre's endlessly fertile grounds for inspiration, committing their love letters to vinyl record.
Fort Romeau is one of the latest, releasing his debut album on L.A.'s 100% Silk in 2012 and shortly thereafter signing onto Michigan mega-label Ghostly International. Listening to his tunes, it's easy to hear why Ghostly picked him up: Infused with the spirit of classic New York disco and Chicago house, they're irresistibly catchy and clearly written with songwriting in mind. Meanwhile, his latest 12" for German label Running Back is a disco-centric slab of Balearic bliss that manages to avoid so many of the cliches other "nu-disco" producers suffer from. Joining him is
Moderna, an L.A.-based DJ with a knack for mixing up lighter indie-dance fare with acid techno scorchers.
— Chris Zaldua