Benoit & Sergio

Covers EP Benoit & Sergio

A1. Benoit & Sergio – Around e World Cover B1. Slow Hands – Sweetest Taboo Cover Gadi Mizrahi’s Double Standard delivers more essential wax with the ‘Covers EP’ comprising versions of two quintessential records of our time. Daft Punk’s electronic pop sensation ‘Around The World’ and goddess of 80s soul Sade’s ‘Sweetest Taboo’ sculpted and sexually charged by Benoit & Sergio and Slow Hands. Benoit & Sergio bring the heat with their ‘Around The World Cover’, a soporific-disco ride that will leave you hooked by its sensuous charms. The spaced out, woozy bassline, low-slung beats and tingling strokes of percussion and pads weave glowing sonic textures around the iconic drowsy robotic vocal, sending shivers down the spine. This is the duo’s first foray into Double Standard/ W+L domain but with vibes this seductive; it’s unlikely to be their last. Washington DC/ Berlin based Benoit & Sergio are proving themselves to be one of the most unique and interesting outfits in electronic music. Their fusion of pristine production and playful lyricism displayed in a consistent flow of quality output, from the strange, voodoo high of ‘Where The Freaks Have No Name’ on Visionquest (reaching number one overall on Juno and on Beatport s Deep House charts) to the dreamlike electro-pop of ‘Boy Trouble’ on DFA Records. Sade’s ‘Sweetest Taboo’ - a lesson in ice-cool, laid back soul is taken on with expert care by Slow Hands who mellows the steamy funk groove adding in blended new vox that surges through its veins in breathless reprise. With sultry atmospheres running deep, this slow-jam is for lovers breaking dawn and carrying on Hailing from New York City, Slow Hands aka Ryan Cavanagh is a purveyor of deep, burning grooves for dimly lit rooms, making him a Wolf + Lamb favourite since he was discovered in 2009. After getting his debut release ‘Fast Tongue’ on the label’s widely praised ‘Significant Others EP’ Slow Hands indulges his passion in numerous side projects and continues to bes