Kyle Hall, Measure 2 Measure
Torch-bearer for next-level, Detroit vanguard shit, Kyle Hall puts his jewels up and issues his debut long player, The Boat Party. As expected of the young producer, it delivers on many levels. It's filled with the crude, intense energy of youth; ideas pushing further but barely staying together, in the process creating something alchemic. When it comes down to it, the focus on the album will be largely aimed at two tracks: 'Crushed' and 'Measure2Measure', both warehouse filling disco/house bombs and worth the price of admission alone. That's not to say the rest of the album isn't good, just that these two tracks will be in the crates of so many DJs this year that they will become as inescapable as the passing of time. Here's 'Measure2Measure'...