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Official re-release of this 'lost' 6-track mini album by New Yorker Ben Cenac (of Newcleus fame). Recorded and released in 1990 and is an absolute gem of a record - very much in the vein of Larry Heard's best recordings. 

Electronic soul classic! Now available again for the first time in 22 years, remastered + full artwork.

'A truly, dreamy, beautiful classic deep-house mini-album from the golden-post-Larry Heard era. New-yorker Ben Cenac, who was also member of electro pioneers Newcleus (and part of Sha-lor, who had a cool jazzy garage-house hit in the late 80's), shows a great sensibility and delicacy here in following mr Heard's path.

His approach is perhaps slightly more sci-fi in the synths and pad sounds, and perhaps a tad less crafted and mercurial in production than the master (i.e. less timeless), but this adds in realness and charm.

So, past the classic deep-garage dream "My Love Turns To Liquid" (in the vein of these sultry garage productions from Peter and Vanessa Daou), the rest of the record shows constant quality, with song titles that could have been (or actually have been) used by Mr. Heard himself, and a content oscillating between warming deep-house, sweet acid, lush garage and relaxed spacejazz piano parts, the whole thing also evoking the Beloved's better 'rave' moments ("The Sun Rising" etc).

This record could be studied in university as the synthesis of the deep-house scene of the early 1990s. Classic.' (Review by Restless, taken from Discogs). — (via Label)

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“The Dream 2 Science EP is a no-brainer reissue: it's a spotless record of classic New York house that's been out of print for 22 years (as if the extortionate Discogs prices weren't enough of a hint). Project mastermind Ben Cenac was a member of Newcleus, a pioneering electro outfit who, without fail, showed up in spacesuits on the cover of nearly every single record they made. His Dream 2 Science project turns their ebullient space funk inwards, turning his thirst for novel sounds and textures towards introverted deep house.” – (via Resident Advisor)

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Label: Rush Hour Recordings
Format: Vinyl, LP, Reissue
Reissued: 2012 / Original: 1990
Genre: Electronic
Style: Acid House, Deep House

File under: Electronic // House / Techno / Electro
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