OK, so maybe "house LP of the year" is an exaggeration, but Jason Fine‘s Future Thought is certainly up there.

Michigan-hailing Fine debuted in 2007 with the EP 01 release on Omar-S‘s FXHE label – a dazzling six-tracker that showcased the young producer’s penchant for warm, melodic basslines, raw synth sounds and intuitive, live-feel drum programming. Since then he’s been primarily associated with Swedish label Kontra-Musik, releasing the well-received Our Music Is A Secret Order album last year.

On November 11 comes the sophomore full-length from Mr Fine, Future Thought, due to be released digitally and on vinyl across two 12"s. Fine’s approach is defiantly old-school – fans of machine-dreamers Virgo and Juan Atkins, not mention latter-day Chi-town and Detroit disciples Hieroglyphic Being and Legowelt, will be all over these expansive, stirring tracks. From the high-speed, UR-style funk of ‘Amplitude Modulation’ to to the woozy electro of ‘Broken Home’, via skippy club banger ‘Nutella’ and sci-fi reverie ‘Process Three’, all Fine’s tracks are simple but substantial, and while they might be steeped in house history, they have their own identity – they’re not just exercises in retro.

Tracklisting:

1. Amplitude Modulation

2. Broken Home (feat. Lee Anderson)

3. Nutella

4. Butterscotch

5. Cream

6. Control Voltage

7. Process Thee (feat. Lee Anderson)

8. Many To Many