Will Easton – Looking For Love [Arcane]

Will Easton has established himself as one of the UK’s most exciting figures in dance music, consistently delivering energetic weapons and perfectly towing the line between the underground scenes and wider, mainstream appeal. With a string of releases on labels such as Street Tracks, Stress and DJ Haus’ Hot Haus label, and garnering tastemaker support from the likes of Patrick Topping, Richy Ahmed and Kettama, he’s instantly one to keep an eye on!

Off the back of his collaboration with CamelPhat on their album, he delivers a two-track release on Eli Brown’s Arcane imprint; Will Easton explodes into the EP with the title track; ‘Looking For Love’, a ferocious 6-minute heater that is packed with energy right from the start. Pounding, unrelenting kicks and shuffling synth lines underpin the powerful, dubbed-out vocal refrains and dark, room-shaking basslines.

Rounding off the EP is the intense and euphoric ‘Arch’, a rip-roaring techno production; primed and ready to tear down clubs over the coming months. Massive 4X4 kick patterns and off-kilter synth stabs lead the track to the breakdown; in which the track seems to disassemble and re-build with purpose and power, before dropping full force into a dynamic flurry of weighty drums and raw dancefloor energy.