‘Back In The Day’ on the A-side is a slow and compressed House reduction, quite possibly the most affective dancefloor production from Mark Stewart to date. Making use of submerged strings and heavy kicks, it’s a track that employs a filthy New York warehouse aesthetic with that distinctive, modified square bassline that’s become a Claro signature over the years, bent out of all recognition. ‘New Life’ on the flipside is also wired for the floor, yet features skewed and euphoric chord sequences that evoke the hazy nostalgia of Ducktails or Oneohtrix Point Never re-imagined via tubular dancefloor machinations. It has that strange effect of driving peaktime activities without ever resorting to cheap thrills…