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For Mobilee's favourite son Sebo K, ten months is a long time in music. But that's the gap between his last release on the Berlin imprint, and his return this September. In fact, suffering perhaps from a DJ schedule that befits his considerable production talents, this is the first time his skills have seen the light of day anywhere in 2008. But, as we've come to expect, these things are worth the wait.  

Like his last, the mesmeric Far Out, it's a single-hander, with no dub or remix needed to lessen the track's impact. Also like its predecessor, it's an exercise in detail and control, subtlety and balance. Though leaning further towards house than Far Out's slightly sparser landscape, the same warmth and melody are in attendance. The ingredients aren't drowned under a sea of FX or needless layers of sound: there's no need.

It's the simplest of percussion, with kick and tom supplying the solid groove like a lumbering giant, with the vocal flicked in and out, as if plucked out of thin air, snippets falling in symmetry over the slowly pulsing organ-like synth.  

At no time does anything feel forced or overdone, and while Teutonic die-hard techno fans may bemoan the suppleness and lightness of the groove, and Mobilee's gradual shift, the label, along with its artists, appears to as ever lead the pack. At its helm, Sebo K, with his sure-footed stance in the no-man's land that glances at both techno and house, is sure to be setting the standard for years to come. About as far from Mariah Carey as you're likely to get.