Various Artists - Various Artists

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For our ninth release and summer jams edition, Brooklyn Sway serves up a five-pack of chilled, sunny grooves from core crew and raw recruits, best enjoyed poolside with the required cocktail umbrellas and loungers. A noted rap producer before blowing up in the NYC underground house scene, DJ Housplants 'Searchin' for That' recontextualizes a familiar diva vocal into a nocturnal acid bath, with results evoking Inner City and other legendary house belters. BKS regulars Vivian Wang & DeWinter team up with guest vocalist Nathalie Guillaume for 'The Down Low', where woozy, 2000s-esque minimal house flourishes writhe and warble around her similarly chopped, processed vocals, the heavily improvised end result suddenly evaporating like a passing cloud over summer sun. Detroit's Snack Time label/event head Gino steps up next with 'The Answer', a subdued, sample-based groover whose refrain explains its arrival on Brooklyn Sway. Possibly the most obviously pillaged track yet from avid pirate duo BKS honcho Jay Prouty and David Paglia, Soundcloud jail wasn't enough to keep this team down as they revamp their 2015 'SpottieOttie', now-again fresh for summer 2026. Wrapping the EP, Rift Vision head and Brookyn OG Lauren Ritter's 'Pulse Width' shows off her veteran production chops with its dissolving conga hits, widely sweeping filters and nuanced composition combining for a perfectly dubbed out sunset and/or sunrise stride.