cassy in the mix - simply devotion (2b9aadb9-5875-40bc-9623-e1baaf0d8e79)

Like hardly any other contemporary DJ, Catherine Britton aka Cassy is living at the interfaces between reduction and soul, jazzy deep house and geometrically structured techno. And it comes as no surprise, because being the English-born daughter of a Caribbean father and an Austrian mother, Cassy started at a very early age to develop a sense for artistic aesthetics that draws its special magic from the 'in-between' especially. Being resident in Berlin since 2003, she quickly gained a residence at the Panorama Bar, worked as a producer with such renowned musicians like Ricardo Villalobos, Luciano, Mathew Jonson or Swayzak and releases her music on labels such as Perlon, Ostgutton as well as on her own imprint Cassy. "Simply Devotion", Cassy's second Mix CD after the highly acclaimed Panorama Bar 01 compilation is a proof of her love for Deep House of a di ff erent kind, which has - despite occasional fl ashes of souly vocals - nothing to do with Garage House and Handbag factor. With unhurried charm and a secure sense for the seductive power of House music, Cassy is enchanting us with more than 70 minutes of sensually concentrated sound hypnosis and she starts with an exclamation mark: together with his Ifach buddy Ian Loveday aka Minimal Man, Baby Ford is beguiling the listener with oriental- inspired Mantra House that every mow and then shows little memories of Italo Pop ("Sunshine-Minimal Man Remix"). Anton Zap from Moscow, who released on Uzuri, reminds with his puri fi ed form of percussive Dub House of the best days of a Chez Damier ("Spain"), and Danny Howells (Bedrock, London) makes you speechless with his aestheticizing "September", a breathtaking string furioso in the best tradition of Detroit Trance, remixed by Future Beat Alliance. Cassy's own and unreleased track "Magni fi cent Cat Won't Do" is referring to her Cocoon Compilation H track "A Plea for me" with the kind of electrically charged Minimal Dub Soul that is so typical for her. The fi nal track comes from Miami's House institution and Murk legend Ralph Falcon with his House Mixx of "Whateva", which is eventually abandoning even the slightest trace of restraint, sounding somewhere in between R'n'B vocals and acid reminiscences. After all, "Magni fi cent Cats" are not only known for pleasantly purring in the sunshine, but may also bite abruptly and strongly in the next moment.