Thomalla – Mood Swings Skewed Things EP

LABEL: Running Back | RB049
GENRE: Deep House
RELEASED: 2014
MP3 DOWNLOAD SOURCE: WEB
BITRATE: 320kbps / 44100kHz / Joint Stereo
TRACKS: 5
SIZE: 79.56 megs

1. Tidal 6:43
2. Ginobili 6:19
3. Polymath 6:26
4. Nachkik 6:15
5. Never True 7:23

It’s been business as usual this year for Running Back as Gerd Janson’s label has quietly gone about issuing some sleeper hits from the likes of Telephones, Redshape, Genius Of Time, Todd Osborn and Mutsumi. The label’s latest port of call is to introduce Thomalla, a Berlin-based producer whose sound on the Mood Swings Skewed Things EP seems a perfect fit for the Running Back cause. Described artfully by Janson as a collection of tracks “built for a universe in which James Holden is the caretaker,” Thomalla’s production palette encompasses many styles. Lead cut “Tidal” teases out squeaky analogue tones over a marauding groove, whilst “Ginobili” is an excellent deep house tool. On the flip “Polymath” sounds like a gaseous dub cover of “Papua New Guinea” whilst closing track Nachkik” is exactly the sort of kraut-addled techno you could imagine Holden playing.