(Makin' Moves)
Since his star turn on Roy Davis Jr's early garage classic Gabriel back in 1997, Chicago's Peven Everett has carved out a reputation as the finest grandiose house divo in the business. Sixteen years and 10 albums later, this collection of exquisitely arranged dancefloor romances may be his best yet. I Just Wanna Make You Happy is simultaneously imperious and pastoral, the sweep of its strings set off by the tenderness of its melody. One Way Ticket is classicist disco not as retro period piece but as the only fitting outlet for the high drama of Everett's emotions: as it builds to its climax, crescendoing horns and rumbling, rolling drums enable his frenzy. Elsewhere, Love Story is suave and soulful, Everett's dance moving from strobe-lit club to moonlit terrace, while the chugging, irresistible bassline of When I Want Someone It's You brooks no nonsense whatsoever. Throughout, Everett's absolute commitment to his material vivifies the intensity of its emotion: house, after all, is a feeling – and Everett has an innate understanding of this.
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