Manchester-based DJ and production trio Mason Collective continue their hot streak with the announcement of their biggest release to date, the 3 track EP Born In B Town, on Loco Diceโs celebrated label Desolat.
The EP, which features โInitial Reactionโ and โLemon Treeโ alongside lead track โBorn In B Townโโ, has already been garnering support from a wealth of the sceneโs biggest players, including Jamie Jones, Luciano, Solardo, Jesse Calosso and Jean Pierre.
Fresh off the launch of their label WHIPPIN with the latin inspired Wifey EP, Born In B Town represents a landmark moment for the trio, with the Dรผsseldorf-based label one they had long since aspired to work with; โDesolat has always been an inspiration to us as well as being one of our favourite labelsโ they explain, โitโs one weโve always aimed for from the start.โ
Having developed a reputation for high tempo, high energy tech house, Mason Collective are in typically fine form here, with deep riding grooves and hypnotising build ups throughout. Opener โBorn In B Townโ is an epic six-minute trip, compounded by a typically dubby bassline and a pulsating build up thatโs primed for dancefloors at peak time. โInitial Reactionโ is more minimal in its approach, with a sparse and mysterious vocal sample building the energy alongside a clean and crisp groove. Final offering โLemon Treeโ delivers shuffling snares and hi-hats with distant, drifting vocal chops that come together to offer an atmospheric and hard hitting groover of a track.
Discussing the creation of the EP, the guys explain: โwe made this EP roughly a year ago. Before we had a proper studio, we had a home set up in a spare room in our house and were working out of that, where most of our tracks were made. We didnโt have much hardware at the time, most of the tracks were made completely โin the boxโ aside from the Moog.โ
Headedย by ย Blairย Suarez,ย Adamย โMaseย Miloโ Myles ย andย Omarย Guedar, itโs been a massive year for the trio, with hit releases on Hot Trax, Roush, Sanity and Sola in amongst performances at Fabric, Creamfields, Hideout, Parklife and Lost and Found. They also collaborated with FootAsylum and Adidas as the faces of the new Yung 96 trainer as well as teaming up with influential Manchester brand GRAMM. on a football shirt inspired jersey collection as they made moves in the fashion world also.
With their monthly โMVSONโ event series and Ibiza residency to come, the โBorn In B Townโ EP is another standout release from the Mason Collective, which is set for release on Friday 3rd May.
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