Gray delivers liquid techno sound

Chris Gray's Deep4Life imprint is moving from strength to strength, following up the "Deeper Side of the Internet" compilation with an EP from Chris himself under his Moonchildren moniker. Chris explains the significance of this pseudonym: "Moonchildren has several meanings, back when my first EP came out in '95, deep wasn't 'in', it was for the believers, those who feel it - commanded by the moon's pull. How the ocean has to submit, we have to submit to the deepness. Moonchildren also means the different people in my head that make me. They get to be showcased more as "Moonchildren." A little more freedom. Kinda like when the parents are away and the kids have free reign over the house? The emotional vulnerability that these comments suggest is definitely present in the EP.

"Ran Away" showcases sorrow and the beauty of love with its liquid groove of beats and bassline, swirling lush synth chords and faint piano keys. Plaintive cries of "you ran away" lament in breathy layers. Gray shows a keen awareness of structure, shifting momentum with understated changes in percussion. "Ran Away" demonstrates house music's potential for intimate emotional expression.

The most distinctive element of "Silent Crying" is an expressive stretched flute sound which wavers like conversation over the top of the synths and percussion. While "No Other" is a funkier affair lent a tribal edge by tom tom percussion and a strong almost percussive bassline. Synths and vocal samples deliver the deepness.

Chris Gray's music is experienced like emotion: In waves that ebb and flow in intensity, gathering force and then dissipating, only to return when you least expect. This EP like his other production is house music that is distinctly electronic and distinctly deep.