Modal Citizen – Play & Play [Fraise Records] STRWB015A1: Play & Play A2: Rising B1: After the Tone B2: On Ya Mind There's a particular kind of tech house producer more interested in patiently refining a feeling than endlessly reinventing the wheel. Modal Citizen's debut EP belongs firmly to that lineage, drawing heavily from the warm, swing loaded pulse of early 2000s tech house. 'Play & Play' opens with supple percussion and rubberised bass pressure before sly melodic hooks begin surfacing through the

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