Put on a cup of tea and grab your slippers. Relatively unknown before 2011, Sebastian Genz, aka Moomin, has released some of the coziest house music of late with The Story About You. The first full length under his current moniker, this long player is bubbling with tracks that ebb and flow yet never really take you any place in particular. And in this instance, one couldn’t be more content to go absolutely nowhere.
Give the opener “Doobiest” about two minutes to put you in a state of hypnosis. Samples of swirling waves and seagulls drift into the distance beyond drum programming with enough grit to remind you that there’s sand between your toes. Forget the beach though – this one’s just bleak enough to make it the ideal soundtrack for a winter nap on a gray Sunday.
Fans of John Roberts take note – this album stands right up to Glass Eights, offering a similarly beautiful, introspective take on house music without being too flowery or ambient. It’s got grit in all the right places. Put that in your pipe and smoke it…in your slippers and robe, of course.
Buy The Story About You at Smallville Records or Beatport.