One of Soul Quest Records’ best and brightest is back with a new gem.
Colm K has long been a quiet architect of movement, a producer who understands that dance music is as much about the spaces in between the beats as it is about the beats themselves. With “A Red Line in a Blue Sky“, his latest effort officially releasing tomorrow, the Cork-based moodmaker maps out a trio of sonic pathways that feel simultaneously familiar and uncharted. The EP is guided by Colm’s instinct for texture and balance, with each track a conversation between rhythm and melody that lean equally towards introspection and dance parties.
The title track is this EP’s anchor, a deep house excursion that hums with purpose. A cavernous drum pattern sets the groundwork, while pulsing chords ripple outward like light refracting in water. Subtle details – floating motifs, simmering textures – drift across the surface, filling the gaps with intention rather than excess, turning this track into something far more than just another floor filler. “One Eye” pushes further into the haze, exchanging density for lift. Its chords brighten, its rhythm strides confidently, and the result is an atmosphere that feels wide open and cavernous – a track perfect for outdoor day parties.
Then, Soul Quest affiliate SIxm Sol steps in to reimagine the title track, paring back its pulse to let the vocal fragments and rhythmic flourishes breathe. The remix doesn’t overwrite Colm’s vision so much as tilt it toward another perspective, showing how communal these foundations can be. Closing cut “Unity” gathers up the record’s themes in a dubby swirl of melodic fragments and layered samples, its groove insistent but unhurried, and serving a final reminder that Colm is most interested in music’s ability to suspend us in the present.
For an artist whose career spans hip-hop instrumentals, breakbeat excursions, and community-building through Cork’s Sunday Times! parties, “A Red Line in a Blue Sky feels like a look directly into Colm K’s musical ethos: a set of tracks that invite us to let go and drift along their currents. It’s totally worth a listen.
Grab “A Blue Line In A Red Sky” here.
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