It's Later Than You Think / Ploy

"It's Later Than You Think" 2LP (2025) by Ploy.

Percussion virtuoso Ploy reconnects with his house sound roots with a dancefloor-heating double EP on Dekmantel.

Before he made his mark with his freewheeling, broken techno on Hessle Audio and Timedance, Ploy, AKA Samuel Smith, was making avant-garde house records under the alias "Samuel." On this Dekmantel release, he looks back over a decade of music and the dance floor memories he's created with Dekmantel at venues like Selectors and De School.

The underlying theme of all eight tracks is pure, straightforward house grooves, providing exactly what DJs want in a mix, while never losing Ploy's signature sharp personality. Layers of meticulously balanced percussion and perfectly timed dissonant synth riffs impress. Wry samples subtly inject his signature humor and playfulness.

Striking the sweet spot between rock-solid stability and the wild impulse to awaken your set - it's in this sweet spot that Ploy creates the magic of the dance floor.