Mr. Suitcase
Guidelines for an emerging century
Kitty Litter Records

After his stellar collaboration with Montt Mardié ("Grand Prix finals"), I had very high hopes for the Mr. Suitcase debut album. Quite disappointingly, nothing on here comes close to touching that track in terms of a dancefloor hit. His problem isn't the club-friendly beats, because all of those, although quite typical in their sound and feel, are executed well and with precision, but is the vocals. Even the single "You don't smile anymore" lacks that heavy hook that would get the ravers and the Mediterranean clubbers singing along. That his songs are lacking half of the strength of a club anthem is really what brings this all down into mediocrity. If Mr. Suitcase, either for his next album or series of singles, collaborates with stronger vocalists to push his beats into ecstasy, then he'll be accompanying his songs in Dubrovnik and Ibiza, djing for the nightclub scene he's vying for.
- Matt Giordano