Guillaume & The Coutu Dumonts – The Fight Within (Residentadvisor source)

We’re used to Guillaume Coutu-Dumont twisting everything from jazz drum battles to Hindu spiritual music into house tracks. But his latest offering for his long-time home Circus Company largely forgoes the magpie habits in favour of rolling loops. Both “Keys For Hanuman” and “Winning All Battles (But Still Losing The War)” swap the mildly manic air of GDC’s sample-heavy creations for something more restrained. The former especially is nothing more than a four-note piano riff over scratchy percussion, and it evokes a meditative air best-suited to a post-party cool off.