"Doug Smith and Richard Payton" xxx
House music is a music genre which is constantly on the move. Like no other music, the successful sounds change all the time, and esp. the recent history of house music is full of examples, e.g. the introduction of the filtered French house sounds by Daft Punk two years ago or the wildpitched disco sounds of today. I don't want to judge if this is good or bad, but if you love a certain sound you can be in trouble finding it. Nevertheless, there are a couple of artists who stayed true to their music during the past, and 95 North aka Doug Smith and Richard Payton are one of them.However, like in the case of all creative artists, it is difficult to describe the sound of 95 North. For me personally, it is the soul and jazz which kept me listening to their records. Whatever release you take, you will be captured in soulful house sounds, sometimes jazzed-up, sometimes deep, sometimes garage-ish, but always true to their musical roots. Imagine a big rock in the surf, which withstands the turmoil and rough music changes throughout the time ...