INTRODUCING… ROOF LIGHT

Music | jon.ramsay | December 9, 2010

We’ll keep this one brief… more because of a lack of tangible information than a desire to be pithy and readable. We don’t know a great deal about new-age two-stepper Roof Light, other than that he’s very, very good at the old production business.

South London and/or borderline home counties with the name Gareth Munday on his passport – that’s pretty much all we’ve got on the hard facts front. Not that it matters though when the slew of EPs he’s released since late last year have just been getting better and better. Resident Advisor and plenty of other influential sites are rating him, making the obligatory Burial comparisons (mournful, chopped vocals make that a dead cert) but also noting the undeniable attention to detail and broad sound palette.

The two tracks we’ve got for you showcase two sides of the Roof Light sound. ‘Heart Like An Airport Runway‘, taken from last year’s ‘In Your Hands EP‘ , is an insistent, skippy number that plants one foot firmly in deep house territory and other in the whole floaty, future-garage camp. ‘Taro‘ on the other hand is a murkier affair, all midnight rain and urban decay with a bassline that grumbles with intent. Still, there are even chinks of light emerging from this track, and one of the most consistently impressive thing about Roof Light’s productions is the spectrum of half-clouded emotions they evoke.

New EP ‘What Makes You So Special‘, out now on Highpoint Lowlife, is one of his best yet so click here to show the guy some love. As an extra special treat, we’re including a link to his Last.fm page where you can (rather unbelievably) download his debut album ‘Kirkwood Gaps‘ entirely for free. It’s a rare treat, so enjoy!

MP3 ROOF LIGHT – HEART LIKE AN AIRPORT RUNWAY

MP3 ROOF LIGHT – TARO

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