George Fitzgerald - Fernweh / Hearts

1. Fernweh
2. Hearts

Party people, Man Make Music send in their head boy George Fitzgerald to head up a shiny Double Garage session on their first release. It follows Fitzgerald's sought-after edit of Groove Theory's 'tell me' and a couple of Joy Orb-like pivots for Hotflush with two solid, gleaming fresh swingers. A-side 'Fernweh' is equipoised between crisp, mnml Techno, chord-flush House and UK Garage swing, and of course with the requisite dose of diced female vocal. Flipside, and 'Hearts' comes with punchier drums and a robust bass drop positing somewhere between Joe's slick shimmies and the Techno variants of Scuba...www.boomkat.com

George FitzGerald - Silhouette EP

01] Silhouette
02] Silhouette (John Roberts Remix)
03] Reset

George Fitzgerald lays down two Double Garage swingers backed with a mint John Roberts remix. Quite inescaably, both of George's original track sound a hell of a lot like Joy Orbison, before he went all Det/Chi. That's no real gripe, because the production on 'Silhouette' and the luxurious 'Reset' is seriously high class, but he's not scoring high on innovation or originality. However, we couldn't say the same for John Robert's unique 'Silhouette' remix. This is quite possibly his finest and most vital work to date, squashing the swing of the original into a scuffed and raw slow-house jam with pumping kicks and an innate knack for unpredictable yet deeply gratifying arrangement...www.boomkat.com

George Fitzgerald - The Let Down / Weakness

01 The Let Down
02 Weakness

George Fitzgerald first appeared on our radar with his 'Don't You' cut on Scuba's Sub:stance mix. Fast fwd a year and he's got his first release on Hot Flush, dropping the future garage soul of 'The Let Down' and a luscious dubtech gem in 'Weakness'. It's hard to escape the fact that both sides strongly remind of Joy Orbison, but that's a really obvious comparison to make considering that he's got tunes lined up for release on Doldrums! The pair simply share a keen sense of garage & house-warmed melody and a thing for clipped 2-step patterns with big bottom end. If you're into Instra:mental, Mount Kimbie, James Blake or J** Orb**** you could do a lot worse than this!...www.boomkat.com