Asad Rizvi / Smithmonger

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This sampler covers 2 in-demand releases. Chicago-influenced but distinctly London in its delivery, Asad Rizvi's 'Smiling At The Sun' is a slow-burning, sophisticated groove that sits comfortably alongside his work on the revered Reverberations series: sun-drenched, unhurried, and quietly immaculate. The flip belongs to Brixton-based Paul Smith aka Smithmonger, a classically trained trumpet player turned underground house producer whose studio chops earned him a place in the orbit of Bushwacka!, Nathan Coles, and the tightest circles of the Swag Records world. 'Vinegar Stroke' delivers exactly what his name suggests: something dry, precise, and more than a little cheeky.