S26E7 - LE FONS - SENSES

◈ Le Fons. SENSES. Japanese city-pop house out of Shibuya, Tokyo.

Opens on a Motown-warm groove. Filtered 2-step drums ease in, Rhodes sitting soft underneath. The bassline comes up slow, then takes over completely. From the drop forward, it runs the track. Virtuoso stuff, disco-rooted, punchy, restless. Soulful vocal chops ride the shuffle. Strings and horn stabs hit in the pocket. The rhythm carries that late-90s UK garage swing, ghost rimshots and all, but the soul of the thing is straight Shibuya.

Breakdown strips it back to Rhodes, a sax line, filtered drums breathing quietly be...