Such an intense, variegated, and singularly saccharin sound can only come from the mind of someone whos in love with life and music. Its what puppy love sounds like for our generation. Following the Paul Woolford remix of T. Williams and Terri Walkers Heartbeat comes Local Action 006, the first 12inch release by an amazing new artist from Manchester, UK, called Damu. After this, hes got material penciled in for Blackdowns Keysound label and more. The title track, a stand-out from Girl Units XLR8R podcast last year, is one of the best tunes weve put out yet, full of colour with just the right amount of lushness to it. While a lot of UK dance music right now seems to use colourful synths in an unimaginative way, Damus drip, glow and fizz at every turn in the same way that Ill Blu or Funkystepz do. Listening to Mermaids like diving head-first into a lagoon. After that youve got three more killers: the iron assault of >Beat of Zen< and the few-more-intense >Sequinny<, plus a ‘Beat of Zen remix by Chicago juke titans DJ Rashad and DJ Earl. Early support comes from LV, Girl Unit, Sinden, Brodinski, Starkey and more