Firecracker EP 5 (reissue) – Phonogramme 78

Some 16 years after it helped propel Vakula to experimental deep house hero status, the Ukrainian producer’s first contribution to Lindsay Todd’s much-missed Firecracker imprint has been given the reissue treatment by French label Phonogramme. It remains one of Vakula’s most magical EPs – a simply sublime collection of cuts that’s as deliciously deep as it is inventive, sample-rich and off-kilter. There’s plenty to set the pulse racing throughout, from the ultra-deep chug of ‘Intro’ and the Moodymann-influenced deep house dustiness of ‘Black and White’, to the lightly spacey, synth-powered dancefloor hypnotism of ‘You Can Do’ and the billowing, immersive, MPC-driven house headiness of ‘Different Tone’.

Firecracker EP 5 (reissue) – Phonogramme 78