Detroit DJ, producer, and musician Andrés has released Andrés V on Moodymann’s Mahogani Music. The former Slum Village DJ started releasing house music on Kenny Dixon Jr.’s label in the early 2000s. He has kept his hip-hop work mostly under his DJ Dez moniker but V blends both aesthetics and more into an irresistable party packet. V opens the album with the gospel trance of “Praises” which was released as a single in 2021 and wound up in heavy rotation by people like Louie Vega. “Cybermate” coolly describes a digital lover in a charming mix of ghetto house and New Wave that will force any listener to surrender into a continued head nod. “Listen To The Sound” dresses Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” in droning bass, faint horns, and speed ideal for driving music and the dancefloor. Dez’s time with Dilla shows up in his James Brown sampled “Funky 2Step” which belongs in a modern version of a Soul Train line. The album ends with the funky cosmic racket of “Jungle Stroll” that punches in with a sample of Roxanne Shante’s “Roxanne’s Revenge.” Andrés V reaffirms Detroit’s dance music legacy and Mahogani Music’s current status as the most relevant house label in the city. The only problem? Andrés V ends too quickly, leaving the listener thirsty for at least one more song.
