John Tejada: Parabolas LP (Kompakt) Always take my eye off the Kompakt machine every now and again because I just can't bothered to keep up. There's only so much teutonic house music one can take. So I switch on my filters and only focus on the long players. But somehow I missed this when it was first released way back in June 2011.

I've always liked Tejada's bright summery take on 4/4 and this debut for the influential German label doesn't escape my praise. Nothing unexpected here; warm melodies, deft rhythm programming and a finely judged sense of space. 'The Living Night' being a near perfect example and possibly the greatest house track ever as a result. But it was the deeper electronic tracks that piqued my interest, the wonderful but all-too-short 'Subdivided' and the Orbital-evoking rave-like mantra of 'Unstable Condition' stood out for their sense of displacement.