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After Gakuji Matsuda, aka Cubismo Grafico aka Foga, got his two shots at compiling Escalator Records best songs, the mission has now come to another Escalator veteran, Yukari Fresh.

As usual when it comes to compilations from this label it tends to end up slightly uneven. And naturally for the We Are Escalator Records-series, after all a best-of series, it tends to end up with close to a dozen songs already familiar to the regular Escalator listener. Vol.3 is no exception, but two for me new songs following each other on the latter half catch my immediate attention.

Crusz's I'm A Wasp sounds very inspired of la nouvelle vague de french electro house, and it would certainly not sound strange on the Kitsuné Midnight compilation. As expected, a little googling tells me that the man behind Crusz after all is of French flesh and blood. His debut album Redemption was out already in April this year and will hopefully have my ears soon.

I'm A Wasp is followed by another electronic beauty. Clear's Nu-Teks is probably from his album Duel also released earlier this year. It has some Pet Shop Boys, some Neil&Iraiza and some auto-tuned french pop in it. And over that, a whispering voice singing "Hold me now/Stay tonight".