Julian Shamou has been releasing music under more aliases than most producers have had hot dinners; from Digitek in the early nineties through 313 Bass Mechanics (whose Pass Out was famously sampled by Disclosure for Bang That) to his current Detroit's Filthiest re-incarnation.

What makes his story genuinely remarkable is the sheer breadth of what he's done with that second wind; collaborating with Sinistarr on Yo Speakerz (which earned support from DJ Shadow and Doc Scott), landing on Curtis Electronix, House of Underground, Defrostatica, and Casa Voyager, and recently teaming up with UK producer Jamie Fielding for Party Over Here.

His output over the past few years alone spans electro, drum and bass, hip-hop, jungle, and funk and soul; a producer constitutionally incapable of staying in one lane. LUV2LUVU is his latest on his own Motor City Electro Company imprint.

The track locks in with a charged kick and cowbell flurry, alongside an "ooh I love" vocal sample that repeats throughout. A spinback grabs the attention early before we catapult off amidst prime electro drum programming.

The star of the show, however, has to be the 80s flex of that funky as fuck bassline; a pitch slide dropping every other bar with the kind of insouciant swagger that belongs on a Miami rooftop circa 1987. The breakdown is equally dutty; a snaking glissando synth that has "Testarossa and blow" splashed all over it in neon.

Get it on Bandcamp.