Review: Bress Underground - Take Me Higher EP (MATE)

If you know of Bress Underground (aka Andrea Calabrese) you'll now that not only is he a dedicated collector of many a genre of music but also his own productions of house variants are littered over a range labels; so can he take this EP higher on MATE? 

So just a quick recap that his credits include Suena Hermosa, SlothBoogie and his own Bres Records so his debut with Spanish label MATE is going to gain attention anyway but when you hear the opener, 'This House' you'll want its old skool for the vocal edits alone.

But this is not a one track EP as the title track grooves along before you realise that it's fallen into a jazz-funk Kerri Chandler/Theo Parrish winner.

In between these two, 'Ready Or Not' has some "liquid metal lines" and 'Connected' swings and links the set together.

Super fast follow-up to his 'Thriller' EP but 'Take Me Higher' is on the next level.... and on vinyl too!

BUY LINK / Pre Order: BRESS UNDERGROUND - Take Me Higher EP Vinyl at Juno Records.

Artist: Bress Underground 

Title: Take Me Higher EP

Release date: 5th November, 2025

Label : MATE 

Catalog Number : MATE 021

Format: Vinyl 12" / Bandcamp 

Review: DFRA Experience Jazz Band - The Human Discard EP (Inc. DUBBYMAN Remix) (MATE)

What! DEFRA! Some Parlimentary jazz band from Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs?  No, it's DFRA Experience Jazz Band aka Diego Ruiz from Argentina on the MATE lable from Spain and you can't discard 'The Human Discard'.

Well - this is a surprise as it' full-on jazz band of trumpet, sax, acoustic bass, jazz piano and vibes from the sixties in a Deep House groove. But wait, that gets a DUBBYMAN Latin remix as 'breakin' jazz' which make it even more perfect 8 minutes. 

'Inside The Club' and 'Spinning In My Head' (sounding quite Herbie) complete the 4-track EP but get your orders in now as this is going to sell out quick.

BUY LINK: DFRA EXPERIENCE JAZZ BAND - The Human Discard EP (feat Dubbyman remix) Vinyl at Juno Records.

Artist: DFRA Experience Jazz Band

Title: The Human Discard (Inc. DUBBYMAN Remix) 

Release date: 30th June, 2025

Label : MATE

Catalog Number : MATE019

Format: Vinyl / Digital / Bandcamp