Glenn Fallows and Steve “KIW” Ellis come home to Higher Love Recordings as Andres Y Xavi with a new 4-track EP. On what is the pair’s probably most dance-floor-directed release to date, each of the tunes takes its name from cross continental cities and towns.
New York is tight, taut mid-tempo proto-house, driven by some lovely, rubbery, post-punk funk bass. The groove’s vibe very late 1970s, Lower East Side, with cowbell and congas accompanying a proper, rolling piano vamp. The result like beefed-up disco-not-disco. Zilkah and Esteban’s Ze Records on a cocktail of APEDs.
All the cuts act as showcases for some quality keys. The chugging Chicago, more electronic than this musical journey’s previous stop, surrounds its solos with squeaking circuitry, robotic banging and bleeps.
Lagos, in contrast, is “organic” and orchestral. An African chant giving the track its title. The arrangement sporting a funky B-line and snares, but the mood that of a romantic reprise. Something that would make for suitable morning music at haunts such as infamous NYC nightclub, The Saint.
The closing, Eno / Eventide-esque string-soaked Sant Antoni is a near 11-minute epic. Born of bleeps again, but this time bearing an introspective melody, this Spanish destination nods its head and shuffles its feet to a pitched-up Soul II Soul break and a growling bass lick. Making dancers wait til the mid-way point before the contemplative piano hits, there’s an ambient interlude, and then a back-spin brings everything, rocking, back in.
Support from Justin Robertson, S/A/M, Alice Palace, Bill Brewster, Coyote, Midfield General, Brothers Grim, Kenneth Bager, Trevor Fung, Coyote, Bruise, For Mankind, Pete Herbert, Chad Jackson, OOFT!, Robot 84, One Million Sunsets, Andy Pye, Citizens of Vice, Howler, We Are Sunset, Pathaan Ahmad & more.
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released September 2, 2025
written and produced by Glenn Fallows and Steve “KIW” Ellis
Art by Mark Day
Mastering by Rich Lane
This is simply awesome, have it on repeat since receiving the promo…
Start to finish this is simply sublime, a cosmic Balearic electronic journey with a wonderful
Samples and even iconic spoken word from a Ibiza legend….
Huge fan of the boys, who’s work I’ve featured
Heavily on my shows 10/10 Denis Heaney (Balearic Sessions)
This lot are running punked-up, grubby, streetwise electronic music at the moment. Their level of quality control is insane. Every original track and every remix is a winner. Tim Burdsey
A tribute to the late Florian Schneider, this cover of “Neon Lights” nails both the spirit and sound of the original. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 4, 2020