Over the past two and a half years, London-based label/production team of Paul Davis and Matt Jackson aka Circulation have solidly managed to successfully lodge themselves in the gap between the progressive house/trance and techno/tech-house communities with their Pantone color-coded releases spanning as many genres as hues.

Keeping each release on Circulation colour coded and information free has given this label serious mystique and built up a worldwide cult status for the duo with their quality, genre-crossing house music with such DJ savvy household names as Sasha and John Digweed plus high profile progressive up-and-comers like Steve Lawler, Lee Burridge, Craig Richards, and Danny Howells highlighting the list of strong UK supporters.

Having met in Paul’s Creative Sound record shop, one of London’s leading independent record emporiums, Paul and Matt have since gone on to release twenty + records on their own label in the last two years (17 on Circulation and 6 as part of a limited series).  Their Limited series has allowed the pair to have the freedom to experiment with different styles and have gathered support from DJs who would not normally play the proper, more house orientated, Circulation releases.

Showing this kind of diversity, the duo has been everyone's hot tip for 2000, having now delivered their debut album, which consists of nine exclusive new tracks and the highlights from their burgeoning colour coded back catalogue, spread over two CD's.

Colours is house music with no pretensions.  You get that classic dirty, twisted energy that dominated the early house blueprint with enough jackin beats and Mr. Fingers-esque melodies to keep you gripped in that Circulation way.  Truly a sublime debut album, Colours’ disc one is on a slightly mellower tip with the beautifully classic sounding Cyan and two versions of Green, the track that kick started the label in all it's outstanding technicolour.

Disc two has a slightly harder edge with the distinctive, techy style that Davis and Jackson have made their own.  With each track effortlessly gliding into the next, this is certainly an album that should be heard from start to finish.