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We hear Laurine's impeccable taste across her shimmering debut 12-inch, Abun.

The track, in short, is a perfect encapsulation of what Slow Life does so well, providing a criss-crossing itinerary of dance music's history that ends up sounding undeniably contemporary.

As one of the key DJs and forces behind the label, Laurine has been responsible for putting out records that have brought together disparate corners of this scene from Europe to Uruguay.

Bringing together these influences, from progressive house to hip-hop, is what makes this record feel so 2021.

They've shifted from insurgent upstarts to scene elders, foundational to a group of DJs, parties and producers who, as Unicomb described it, are "dedicated to digging, loyalty to playing vinyl and long DJ sets.

dance, which channels her diverse range of influences into four tracks that both have a timelessness to them but also sound like they could only be released in 2021.

She's also become one of the most in-demand DJs around whose recorded sets are likely responsible for adding thousands of dollars of value to dusty corners of Discogs, from deep house to trance to Italo.

A lovely quantized melodic hook and rave chords? The breakdown and melody in "DrGold" flirts with progressive house while the electro strut of "Catch The Flow" moves with the grace of a b-boy sliding along marble.

But for a label whose ethos is centered around the slow, these tracks are surprisingly full of ravey propulsion and vitality.