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Sandy reviewed in DJ Mag

22/03/2010

Sandy's upcoming album reviewed in the new weekly online version of dance music bible DJ Mag:

"There are usually two types of dance producers; those who jump on the bandwagons hoping to follow in the wake of the innovators forging a fresh new sound and those who take the counter-intuitive root, shying away from conventional club wisdom to pursue their own path. Very occasionally you get someone who does both.

"Having honed his name as the master of vocal house, most famously through Kings of Tomorrow's 'Finally', but also individually with scene-hopping classics 'Changes', 'Freak' and 'Whatever', Sandy Rivera's latest album, 'The Blackwiz Farm', arrives somewhat unexpectedly as a purely instrumental affair.

"At a time when looped retro vocal snippets are the minimum prerequisite to get spun in the more fashionable basements, it's either a bold move or a serious misjudgement, yet either way it marks a daring move away from the template of classic US house with which his name is most associated.

"Featuring tracks ranging from the deep, jazz-chord drench 'Aurei 2 2010' to tougher, techier adventures like 'Reguide' and 'REDIAL', there's still an over-riding sense of the musical versatility that Rivera is capable of, just this time it's stripped to its rawest form, and so plenty to appeal to fans."

DJ Mag Weekly Online - March 2010