Theo Kottis

Reese-bass-driven UK house and techno from Theo Kottis on Amsterdam's Dekmantel, with a proggy remix by Spray that stretches the original into proper album-art territory.

Kottis has spent years threading the needle between broken beat sophistication and proper dancefloor weight. Blue Supermoon lands exactly there - four tracks that move with the gravity of quality UK production but refuse to sit still. The Reese bass work is textural rather than obvious, sitting just forward enough in the mix to push things along without overwhelming the arrangement.

Dekmantel's A&R has consistently backed artists who understand that house and techno can coexist with intelligence. This pressing sits comfortably alongside their deeper catalogue - functional but never dumb, progressive without losing the plot. Spray's remix option on the B-side gives the EP reach; the kind of stretching that justifies the vinyl format when it's done right.