Crying Over You is the latest EP to come out of the Saints & Sonnets, Huxley and Jimmy Poster's label.
J Cub is actually Jacob Kelly and here he teams up with vocalist Bibi to create a blissfully laid back house track. Slow, soulful vocals from Bibi front a track of tight hi-hats, warm pads and a gently rumbling bass. The original track isn't even remotely aimed at the dance floor - it is a pure, chilled house record for lazy days by the pool.
Instead two remixes have responsibility for creating something to make you move and so the original is actually bookended by these two mixes. BNJMN's take opens the EP and it's an organic-feeling dub of the original. The vocals are edited to turn them into additional instrumentation within the record and the track strikes a series of uplifting chords - the layered percussion create something less dense than a house track, closer to the soulful spin on dubstep that Joy Orbison has had such success with, albeit slower.
The closing remix comes from Dial's RNDM and it is the most conventional of the three versions here. The vocal is cut up and spliced across the track's length, giving it a deep, sensual sound. It still ultimately retains the laid back feeling of the original but layers in some faster low-end bass lines resulting in a more progressive house feel.
Whilst the original is a pleasingly chilled effort it is the BNJMN mix that really shines here.
Crying Over You is released through Saints & Sonnets on 14 August on 12", following thereafter digitally.