Max Essa, David Harks, The Clean Trip - Magic Eyes [Paper Recordings]

The Clean Trip
Label: Paper Recordings
Cat: PR 360
Released: 26 June, 2024
Support the Artist: https://www.junodownload.com/products...

Singer-songwriter David Harks has collaborated with a surprisingly wide range of artists over recent years, notching up releases alongside soulful house legend Rasmus Faber, German nu-disco star Satin Jackets, and British Balearic scene stalwart Mudd. On his latest collaborative project, the Clean Trip, he's joined forces with another Balearic sort - Tokyo-based Brit Max Essa. The four tracks on show genuinely present the best of both artists' work, with Harks' lilting, eyes-closed vocals offering a perfect accompaniment to Essa's colourful synths, tactile chords, retro-futurist intent and softly spun grooves. Our picks of a very strong bunch are the slow-motion, piano stab-sporting joy of 'Magic Eyes', the slow-motion bliss of 'Blind Horizons', and the immersive breakbeat house lusciousness of 'Plastic Bones'.