After calling time on their beloved Sleazy Beats series, the talented crew over at the SLEAZYBEATS BLOG warmly welcome you to a brand new series BLACK OPS. "If Sleazy Beats Recordings didn't invent a sub-genre of house music, it unquestionably defined one. Specializing in the lower echelons of the bpm range, the fledging label offered up records from little-known producers the likes of Eddie C, Tornado Wallace, Francis Inferno Orchestra, Daniel Solar and a whole host of others - each and every one of whom who would go on to become headline attractions in their own right. Over the course of 3 short years and 10 stellar releases, SBR sold every record they manufactured and became essential early-evening dancefloor fodder for deep house and disco connoisseurs the world over. With a slight but definite shift in feel and tempo, SBR is superceded by a new series of records - Sleazy Beats Black Ops - and this breathtaking inaugural release by Rotterdam native Ben La Desh. Fans of previous SBR records will instantly enjoy 'Motion' on the A side - a soft, seductive and hypnotic mid-tempo loop, teased throughout by a sexy female vocal sample that soul fans might recognize, all the while building towards a sumptuous break that proves a proper highlight moment of the record. 'Don't Stop That Groove Girl' on the flip moves through the gears but continues with the heads-down, peaktime disposition. Lush multilayered grooves and subtle stabs are driven effortlessly through a cacophony of harmony and key changes, each individual melody taking its own turn to dance front and centre - and the entire ride arranged to literal perfection. Closing track 'Bohicon Funk' is a proper curveball. Quivering jazz flute and slices of peculiar tribal samples are intertwined with a wonky offkilter groove to create three minutes of eyebrow-raising quirkiness - right before dropping into deep low-slung oblivion with a sizeable nod or two to some house vibes of old. If this one doesn't get a party started, pack up and go home. It's a huge triumph of a release, by a producer who's confident in his incredibly detailed sound and absurdly alluring grooves. And where nobody ever did beatdown quite like Sleazy Beats Recordings - you get the feeling nobody is gonna do deep house quite like Sleazy Beats Black Ops