San Serac - Music Never Ends
San Serac - Night Work
San Serac‘s back with new material. Not surprising, given the relative high profile of his most recent non-solo projects – Stereo Image, with Johnny Dark of Junior Boys, and Slice & Soda, with Para One.   He’s hooked up with Morgan Geist‘s label Environ after a false start as one of the last signees to Output Recordings before its closure mere months later and now graces us with a broadening of his sonic palette into handbag and hiphouse with “Music Never Ends.”  Its really clever and, while somewhat surprising, totally appropriate for Nat Raab’s not-entirely-serious post-modern spin on his influences that both pays respects to and ruthlessly deconstructs some of the finest dance music of the last 30 years.  It spins out on some discordant bass and squealing guitars during the breakdown to remind you that this is still Nat Raab of Dischord/DeSoto band Candy Machine and he knows how to work a bassline before playing things out to the glossy hooks that make this track so infectious.  “Night Work” is more akin to his past singles, although sounding far more refined this time around, David Bowie by way of Zapp & Roger performing jazz fusion, and only teases the intriguing but occasionally dry academia that has plagued some tracks featured on 2007′s Professional.  I feel like this is a guy who’s finally hitting his stride, elbowing his niche ever wider and becoming less beholden to his inspirations and more commentator on its evolution and relevancy to modern club culture.