With a prowling, gnarly bassline, the thing creeps along with raw analogue lines and whacked out drums setting the mood. Eventually some tooting horn stabs and ping ponging kick drums come in to liven things up and boy do they do that. The recently formed Ampers& duo hail from London and have had some fine releases to date as solo acts.

Together they are an even stronger force and their 'Play On' track is a well crafted bit of house with squelchy melody phrases, light as air percussion and nimble drums - you feel as though you are floating on a groove rather than being rooted to planet earth and the overall effect is refreshing indeed. Andy Ash is a well-travelled UK house talent with plenty of releases on a wide range of labels.

It's 'Rothfield' that he turns in here, and in the process shows once more why he is so highly rated. His no nonsense house kicker has muddled beats and bass offset with crisp, emotive synth smears, it's a jazzy, colourful bit of propulsive house music that will make floors bounce as one.

Replika rounds out the EP with the aptly titled 'Keep It Down' which is slower and wallows more in its own forlorn sense of late night romance. The chords are heartfelt, the odd vocal sounds tug at the heart and it's a fine way to close things down. This is a more than handy house EP that offers four equally enjoyable but stylistically varied tracks....