Mark E – Stone Breaker

Album Review by Mark Shukla | 25 Apr 2011
Album title: Stone Breaker
Artist: Mark E
Label: Spectral Sound
Release date: 16 May

Great unmixed full-length house albums are as rare as hens’ teeth, but with Stone Breaker Mark E has delivered the goods in fine style. This may be his first album of original productions, but the Birmingham-based producer has already acquired a reputation as a master technician off the back of his hypnotic re-works of tracks by the likes of Womack and Womack, Diana Ross and Birth Control.

Whilst deep, slo-mo disco edits have been his calling card thus far, Stone Breaker finds him diversifying his approach and allowing more of his personality to shine through, with cheeky nods to ‘80s pop, electro and Detroit techno popping up on numerous occasions. Direct, deliberate and refreshingly unfussy, Stone Breaker is a considerable achievement and further solidifies Mark E’s reputation as one of the leading lights in modern house music. [Mark Shukla]

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