You'll find plenty of reasons for house music's current popular spell on Hot Natured's debut album. Like fellow producers Disclosure, the London-based collective use a range of beguiling house machinations as a springboard for an album of rich, meaty, mesmeric pop. Jamie Jones, Luca C, Lee Foss and Ali Love display their smarts with delirious and dashing big tunes (Benediction, Reverse Skydiving, Forward Motion) that draw on classic house, Detroit techno, soul, jazz and reggae. The rest of the album is just as sassy, with beautifully drawn synths, sunshine grooves and silky minimal twists to the fore. Isis and Detroit channel deeper sounds, each pitched at that sweet spot where house and pop come together. There's a bundle of guest vocalists (Roisin Murphy, Kenny Glasgow, Anabel Englund, The Egyptian Lover), but the overall sound really makes the biggest impression here. hotnatured.com
Download: Benediction, Isis, Reverse Skydiving