Komon - Walk The Walk

Label: Aus

Will Saul’s Aus imprint has really proven itself over the past year, issuing a reliable stream of big-hitters that have managed to please both the scenesters and the dancefloors. With a blend of fresh talent and star players, the label has become a no-nonsense source for good club music, rarely breaking the mould but always offering on-point artists producing at their biggest and best, with recent highlights coming from Leon Vynehall, Bicep, Dusky, and Midland. The latest addition to the stable is Bristol’s Komon, the recent Appleblim-collaborator who fits the Aus style to a tee, here trading in ‘floor-destroying, low-slung house rollers.

Both are impressive pieces of soundcraft, with the titular A-side’s swaggering bassline anchoring DnB-style bass throbs and ethereal diva moans. It’s a powerful track, if not particularly interesting, and B-side Poly Sum does one better. Here a glittering system of arpeggios burble over a strong, club-focused bass riff and a euphoric vocal hook. It results in an striking alchemic fusion; all the tear-streaked ecstasy of trance twinned with hard-nosed modern house sensibilities. There’s nothing game-changing here, but when Aus keep turning out such expertly-tuned club shakers, it’s hard to complain.

7/10