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As both a member of Glenn Underground's Strictly Jaz Unit crew and as a solo artist, Vick Lavender has made some mighty fine deep house in his time. Further proof arrives via this fine two-tracker, which marks the veteran producer's first outing on Stephane and Alex Attias' Visions Inc label. Probably the pick of the pair is superb A-side "Beautiful Lie", where guest singer D Millz adds a soulful vocal to a glorious bed of dreamy chords, jaunty jazz-funk bass, carnival-friendly drums and colorful synth solos. Lavender continues on a similar theme with flip side "Time Passing", whose loose-limbed broken house drums recall the work of Osunlade. Add in some killer chords, jazzy electric piano solos and squelchy bass, and you have something that Ron Trent would be proud of.

Named after a 1990 Robert Owens classic tune, Visions was established by Alex Attias in 1999. Joined by his brother Stephane Attias in 2016, they are producing and releasing various styles of soulful music from jazz , soul funk, disco to house and beyond. Both vintage and electronic with an edge keeping it underground and deep

1. visionsrecordings.com