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Ivan Smagghe presents…The Sound of Love International #008

Love International X Test Pressing

House Music Compilations

2×LP (Coloured Vinyl) LITPLP008G

£35.99 In stock

Tracklist

1 Family Of God - Beautiful People

2 Carolyn - I Can't Get In (Mosque Mix)

3 Polygamy Boys - Black Flower

4 Chris & Cosey - Fantastique (Carl Craig Mix)

5 Thee Majesty & Cotton Ferox - Searching For Substance

6 Prinz Ezo - Outside House

7 Rave 2001 Feat. Gina - Seduce Me

8 Mat101 - Sintesi

9 Leigh Dickson - Praise (Baby Ford's Heavenly Circuit Remix)

10 Aquarius Heaven - Universe

11 John Spring - Strange

12 White Car - Statues In Mist

Ivan Smagghe curates the eighth entry in Love International's running selectors' series; after presenting a strong initial menu in the likes of Hunee and Daniele Baldelli, they made a beeline for him for his "style of no style" instinct formed on decades behind the booth, from Black Strobe to solo DJ idiosyncrasy.

The set moves freely: Family Of God's 'Beautiful People' opening in slow, devotional mode, sliding toward the synthetic pulse of White Car and the sideways electronics of Prinz Ezo, before Chris & Cosey appear via a Carl Craig remix of 'Fantastique', a club-set reminder of their post-Throbbing Gristle hustle. Baby Ford elsewhere turns Leigh Dickson's 'Praise' into a spiralling, minimal house meditation, while Aquarius Heaven's vocal drift and Mat101's Italian futurism lick the gum flap on a final, after-hours envelope.