Nick Holder

Toronto' s quiet and retiring deep house specialist, returns to the fold after a two year sabbatical. The man behind one of Canada's finest house imprints, DNH Records, is back with NRK with an absolute treat of a long player.

• Nick Holder

The Other Side

Showcases Holder's explorations into deep house, hip hop, r&b and reggae, along with various collaborators from the Toronto scene (rapper Reign, vocalists Jemeni, Sacha & JME and Master of Ceremonies Sankofa). Fans of Holder will easily warm to his downtempo moments as much as the rumbling latino percussion and deep chords of his housier material. The man who brought us the Pat Metheney sampling "Summer Daze" and "Da Sambafrique" is back to what he does best.

The album features 10 new tracks of all musical persuasions, from the lyrically challenging hip-hop of "No More Dating DJs" (already aired, and a favourite on Giles Peterson's Worldwide Radio 1 show) to the slow swing of the Zero 7-like "Back Again" to the Balearic house of "Magic Carpet Ride".

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