Scruscru - Hot Sand EP

Fresh from the release of his latest killer collaboration with regular studio buddy Mike Fot on SlothBoogie - the must-check Spliff Jamz Volume 2 - @scruscru goes solo via his first EP for emerging St Petersburg label Craft Music. Aiming to get dancers leaping from foot to foot as if walking on boiling hot sand, the Russian producer first fuses scorching Latin horns, carnival disco percussion and chunky house beats on party-starting opener 'Fiesta 24/7', before re-imaging an obscure Latin track as a mambo-house monster on the equally celebratory (and pleasingly acid-soaked 'El Rayero'). Title track 'Hot Sand' is a trumpet-sporting slab of tactile, sunset-friendly deep house warmth, while 'Musique D'ameublement' is a pedal steel-sporting, mid-tempo sample house chugger.