Chad Andrew

This is a proper exploration of 90s-inspired club sound - Chad Andrew pulls off a skillful blend of nostalgic elements with contemporary touches that actually lands. The four tracks here work with minimal frameworks and tech house foundations, but they're reaching back to that era when trance and house were still tangled together, still figuring out who they wanted to be.

Andrew's approach is textural and patient. These aren't bangers built on hooks - they're constructed from layers, from the small decisions made across a track's runtime. There's restraint here, which matters. On SYNK004, he's demonstrating the kind of production intelligence that makes minimal and neo-trance sound fresh rather than academic.

Synkronized continues to document club music that thinks. Expect this to sit well with people who understand that the best house music from the 90s was always about the details.