Q Base - Atmosphere EP Vol II

For those without a deep knowledge of vintage Italian dance music, Q Base was a relatively short-lived, turn-of-the-90s project from producers Andrea Gemelotto and Claudio Zennaro. The project's most celebrated release is undoubtedly 1991's Atmosphere EP Vol II, which added nods to Motor City techno and spacey, pitched-down grooves to the then popular Italian deep house blueprint. Here the EP gets a deserved reissue. There's much to admire, from the proto-beatdown chug of slow house gem 'Il Sole (The Sun) (Deep Mix)', a heady an intoxicating affair that boasts some wonderfully immersive chords, to the pitched-down tribal house hedonism of 'La Pioggia (The Rain) (Tribal Mix)', to the rolling, dubbed-out goodness of closing cut 'Il Vento (The Wind) (Underground Mix)'.