Hercules and Love Affair mastermind, Andy Butler, seems to surround himself with exceptional musicians from artistically ambitious dance floor circles with an almost instinctive sureness - a prime example of that here would be Aérea Negrot, who is just as convincing as Hercules and Love Affair’s chanteuse as she is on her glorious album, “Arabxilla", released on BPitch Control. But the creative exchange works the other way round too: On his current EP, “Spending Time Together", BPitch veteran, Kiki, has put the microphone into the hands of none less than Hercules and Love Affair singer, Shaun J. Wright. The two of them seem made for each other - Shaun’s soulful, laid-back vocals drape across Kiki’s slender and powerful produced beats like a dark silk cloth. The title track is classic house perfection: dark, sexy and cool. Darkness is the key word for both of them, with tracks called “Through Darkness Bright Dub” and “Through Darkness Dark Dub” on the 12″ vinyl.