Cpen - Pirates Life EP (Reissue)CPEN's Pirates Life EP returns on Seasons US as a limited white and black marbled 12" vinyl pre order, revisiting a deep house favourite from the 2000s. The title cut still floats with loose, languid groove and deep space atmosphere, while 'Song Of The Muse', 'Liquid Steps' and 'Third Quarter' move through synth ambience, soft kicks and post club warmth. A lovely reissue for deep house heads, collectors and fans of Craig Richards' fabric era sound.

which was teeming with electronic keyboards and otherworldly sound generators

Paper Lungs

and enlisted John-Christian Urich to write it

and vocals for Ariwa Studios (“he can play anything” Mad Professor tells us) — to record a series of Lovers Rock covers of songs by The Delfonics

Analogue machine funk

Emerging from the shadows

from the 60s and 70s

It's a testament to their harmonious relationship and skill that this debut album instantly sounds like a classic from a group that might have been together a decade

Brooding minor key menace as Alia Seror-O'Neil's melancholic vocal gets twisted into strange shapes

subtle Bossa Nova influences

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and the jazz ballad ‘Don't Smoke in Bed’