Primitive Eskimo - Soft Summer

A bit of a departure here for Ooze's next release. Deep house and down-tempo artist Primitive Eskimo has reworked a classic ambient techno recording from 1996 by Detroit producer John Beltran. The original track 'Soft Summer' appeared on Beltran's classic 'Ten Days of Blue' album from the legendary Peacefrog stable. Consisting of a looped synthetic bleep line, Detroit-styled rhythmatic pulses and soothing abstract strings, this was Techno for the soul, warming from within.

Fast forward to 2012 and Midlands based artist Primitive Eskimo has re-created the original from the ground up: 'I was a huge fan of John Beltran's mid 90's output and this was one of the stand out tracks from that era for me. I always wanted to add extra elements to this track - for my own personal gratification!' When the finished product dropped in our Inbox we couldn't wait to share it with a wider audience especially with a huge seal of approval from Beltran himself.

Leave your 4/4 house hat at the door and sit back with a warm mug of slick arpeggiated bleeps and phased-up pads. Now let your thoughts drift ahead to long summer days and hot, lazy afternoons - pastel shades surround you whilst cries of seagulls echo around the sandy beach. Primitive Eskimo adds a dusty old Roland CR78 drum machine and mixes live drums to arrive at a distinctly Balearic flavour to this Detroit classic.