There’s a vibe tonight. While previousShigeto recordswere more narrative, focusing on themes like introspection and family heritage, Zach Saginaws intentwithThe New Monday was simple: to make tracks that he would want to play out. In a recent Lab Radio episode, Zach revealed that being entrenched in DetroitDJ & record store culture after a stint in New York played a major role in this creative reset. With a background as a jazz drummer and already an enviable catalog of moody downtempo and woozy future beats to his credit, Zach is also a skilled vinyl DJ. At the Turntable Lab release party for The New Monday, Zach played tracks like Ice Breaker, Detroit Part II, Wit Da Cup and Theres A Vibe Tonight interspersed with soulful house records by Moodymann and Motor City Drum Ensemble, dubbed-out Nigerian boogie and crunchylo-fi house, and the vibe was perfectly consistent throughout. The record takes a few detours from the soulful house groove: a pair of acid-laced ratchet jams feature Danny Brownaffiliate ZelooperZ, Dont Trip is a refreshingly soulful slice of footwork with an airy, pitch-shifted rhodes loop straight out of Logical Progression draped over a frenetic jazz drum groove and distorted 808 snare rolls. Saginaw periodically resets the vibe on a pair of airy jazz meditations (In Case You Forgot, When We Low). If you take a little Rashad and Herbie with your Theo, thisshould be right up your alley.

• double vinyl pressing
• gatefold sleeve
• music label:Ghostly International 2017

reviewed by frau farbissina 10/2017