Sam Irl delivers a jazz-tinged House EP via Cologne’s Jazz & Milk this November, entitled ‘Donau’ and comprising three originals from the Vienna, Austria based producer and DJ.

The past decade has seen Bavaria born Vienna based artist Sam Irl deliver his signature soul infused twist on contemporary house via the likes of Jimpster’s Freerange, S3A’s Sampling As An Art, SlothBoogie, Gilles Peterson’s Brownswood and of course Jazz & Milk which has become a staple home for his productions since debuting on the label in 2012. Here Sam offers up the ‘Donau’ EP, the title of which references his growing up in rural Lower Bavaria as well living in Vienna for almost two decades, both of which are located on the Danube River.

Opening the EP is ‘Music About Talking’, a five-minute dynamic house workout employing intricately intertwined keys, sweeping guitar chops, vocal cuts and air synth chords running atop jazzy, organic drums and a gritty bass hook.

Title-cut ‘Donau’ follows and dives deeper into snaking bass licks, stuttering guitar plucks, ethereal piano lines and shuffled, low-slung drums. ‘Magic Hat’ then rounds out the release, deftly weaving together twinkling synth chimes, a playful, bouncy bass line and ethereal atmospherics while jazzy keys ebb and flow amongst a raw, crisp drum groove.

P&C 2022 Jazz & Milk Recordings & Publishing

Written, produced & mixed by Sam Irl, Vienna
Mastered by Beau Thomas @ Ten Eight Seven

Photography by Ina Aydogan

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Sam Irl - Donau EP

Sam Irl is back with a new EP for his Jazz & Milk home base.
The EP title “Donau” refers to his growing up in rural Lower Bavaria as well as having lived in Vienna for almost two decades, both located on the Danube River.

All three tracks are based on a free-flowing vibe with an organic and unique sound signature. Using minimalistic, but well-crafted song structures, analogue synth lines and sampled drum chops, his deep rhythms & grooves are always purposeful, yet loose and definitely rolling in their own time.

Besides making music Sam Irl has been busy working in his Viennese studio as a mixing and mastering engineer for a wide range of underground and independent artists.

Donau EP

Magic Hat

Sam Irl - Magic Hat

Donau

Sam Irl - Donau

Music About Talking represents the first single from Sam Irl's forthcoming Donau EP on Jazz & Milk. With an intuitive mix of sampled disco drum and vocal chops, warm analogue synth chords and a tight bass line, the Viennese producer demonstrates his ability to create a vibing house groove with just a handful of elements.

Music About Talking

Sam Irl - Music About Talking

MUNICH / COLOGNE BASED LABEL RELEASING SOULFUL DANCE MUSIC ON VINYL SINCE 2005.