For Fabric’s 47th installation of the CD series, they’ve brought in the colourful character that is Jay Haze. Known for telling it like it is and literally coming from the streets of Philly (according to the press release he was homeless a couple of times), Jay Haze has mixed up an honest borderless mix that is full to the brim of soul and deepness. The mix predominately skirts around the house and tech house domains but there are wide and far reaching influences on the sound from Jazz, Funk and Disco to Hip Hop, Reggae and Dub. All of this is effortlessly blended together by Jay Haze.

For example the opening six or so tracks, Jay Haze has touched on Hip Hop with his track Awakening, which quickly runs over to deep house with an exclusive track on TuningSpork from Lil Dirty Ghetto Bastard, then smoothly across to Mike Dunn’s disco come funk track Phreaky Motherfucker and then switches out to some dub vibes on Catrat’s Freedom; all of this is done as smoothly as a baby’s bottom.

Later in the mix Jay Haze steps up the house gears but all the while he keeps you guessing on where the influences are going to come from. Jay Haze and Ricardo Villalobos’ Mellow Dee is tinged with Jazz samples and restrained beats whilst in contrast Michael Ho’s Ain’t Going Out Like That, another exclusive on TuningSpork, is a bleepy twisted number; interspersing this you have bits of boompty house from Johnny Fiasco, driving deep house from Dirty Bee and Ms Minelli as well as poetic wonkiness frmo The Last Poets and Pheek . Obviously this is so smoothly mixed that you don’t even pick up on the genre/influence hopping.

The overall end result is a fantastic and fascinating mix with plenty of soul and deepness that is executed with such effortlessness and smoothness.

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Tracklist:
01. Intro
02. Jay Haze – Awakening
03. Lil Dirrty Ghetto Bastard – An Hour To Fly
04. Mike Dunn Presents MR. 69 – Phreaky MF (Mike Dunn’s Original Phreak Mixx)
05. Lump feat. Lerato – Confusion
06. Catrat feat. Yah Meek – Freedom (Jay Haze Main Mix)
07. Alex Celler – Trapped In Dub
08. Miss Fitz – Dementia
09. Jay Haze feat. Ricardo Villalobos – Mellow Dee
10. DIY – Pimp My Saw
11. Jay Haze feat. D:exter – I Can’t Forget (Fuckpony Discotech Dub)
12. Chicago Wasted Youth – Mars Or Bust
13. The Last Poets – When The Revolution Comes / Pheek – Soundscape
14. Michael Ho – Ain’t Going Out Like That
15. Dirty Bee – Work For Me
16. Johnny Fiasco – Conduction
17. Hugo – Pimpin’ Ain’t Easy
18. Ms. Minelli – Ancient Blessing
19. Fuckpony – Burning
20. Rockey – Something to Say