Ryan Raddon, aka Kaskade, has graced us with his inimitable taste and style with a cracking mix on Ultra Records/Hussle. Departing from his usual home at Om, Kaskade’s last few 12”s have come out on the NY label, and this new mix album definitely seems different to his past releases, perhaps signifying a new direction in his musical tastes. Politics aside, Kaskade has served up twelve slamming house tracks ready to rock summer, without further ado I give you Bring The Night.

We kick things off with the heavy piano and squelchy bass line of his own remix of Joslyn’s _Funk 2 Night’, her light vocals perfectly matched to the electro tinged house. When the beats kick in it is a fair shock when you are expecting a softer west coast house sound, but nevertheless it is a stunning remix, with the obligatory Kaskade super sweeps ever present. Joey Youngman enters the mix with his typical deeper Chi style, softer vocals and a dash of boompty with an extremely funky guitar underlay are the order of day. Hot stuff. Good to see Aussie star Dirty South’s remix of Kaskade’s Sorry making an appearance. One of the unlikely appearances on here is Marthin Brothers’ Stoopit, while I certainly dig the tech house grooves on this one it wasn’t what I expected to hear.

Before you have time to pull yourself back into the right headspace the funky vibes of Corruption hit your ears, I am not sure what I like more the track or the producer’s name itself, Count Funkula. Great cut up disco funk. The highlight track on this album has to be Roan’s Let’s Begin, the vocal line sends shivers up my spine every time I listened to it. If New Order, UNKLE and Sandy Rivera had a baby, it would sound like this. Great stuff. After some techy goodness courtesy of Milton Jackson’s Cycles we close off with some more typical Kaskade sounding house goodness with Summer Of Space’s Hearts Reaction. Ghostly vocals and solid beats working well together.

It was certainly a shock hearing the new direction that Kaskade seems to have taken. Of course there are the funkier and deeper tracks on here, so oldskool Kaskade fans won’t be completely disappointed. Anytime an artist starts to move away from their signature sound it is risky, but Kasakde is on to a winner and I am looking forward to hearing his future production work.

In a word: Solid.