Sunshine flavours from Pitto

The Dutch producer returns to Heist Recordings with deep house textures on ‘Baila Baila EP’

For someone who’s back-catalogue is as broad and extensive as his, Pitto has been fairly quiet in the studio of late — preferring, as he does, to focus on quality before quantity. Here, he presents his second EP on Detroit Swindle’s Heist Recordings, following on from 2018’s magnificent psych-house excursion, ‘Late Night Studio Moves’. This time out, he delivers three varied original grooves alongside a remix from our friend and disco sage, Pete Herbert.

Title track ‘Baila’ rolls over eight minutes of off-kilter, heads-down rhythmic explorations, dark, dubby and deeply energetic. The idiosyncratic 'Discko’ incorporates bass guitar licks, trumpet stabs, and wonky samples and marches along with a subtly menacing feel, while ‘Sammie’ lightens the mood significantly with its power-hook piano chords and uplifting vocal.

Probably the most immediate track from the record, it’s ‘Sammie’ that gets the Pete Herbert remix treatment, too. Here, Pete takes the energy level up a notch or two while retaining the essence of the original, and the result is a hands-in-the-air slice of Balearic gold. Feel-good, driving, and endowed with an Italo-house aura, it has future classic written all over it. As soon as we can start raving again, this one is on the decks.

Pitto ‘Baila Baila EP’ is due out late April, you can buy it here

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