Since 2019, Through Gods Own Eyes has offered a platform for tracks and EPs united not by a specific style or sub-genre, but by sheer, unadulterated club potential. This broad-but-focused approach has seen the label move through floor-focused nu-disco, deep house and psychedelic chuggers, and now, via long-serving Bristolian DJ/producer Nick Warren, into soaring, melody-rich progressive house.

Warren, of course, is one of the chief architects of the popular, far-sighted style. One half of pioneering duo Way Out West and one of progressive house’s leading lights since the 1990s, Warren has taken his solo productions to labels including Hope Recordings, an imprint he co-founded in the early 2000s, Bedrock, Global Underground and, most recently, his own The Soundgarden stable.

On ‘Waves’, his first Through Gods Own Eyes outing, Warren channels the spirit of Ibizan dancefloors at dusk, wrapping sparkling, sun-soaked melodic motifs, sustained chords, fluttering synth-flutes and dreamy pads around a shuffling, electro-influenced breakbeat and deep, smooth bass. In typical fashion, it’s a loved-up, emotion-rich affair powered forward by tuneful positivity and summer-warm atmospherics.

Warren’s ear-catching original comes backed by a strong remix package, led by a Paul James Nolan revision that recently earned a rapturous response when Warren dropped it at the Balance Croatia festival in Tisno. Opting for more driving 4/4 beats, throbbing bass and a constantly building arrangement, Nolan has turned ‘Waves’ into a trance-inducing future progressive house anthem.

The Grid’s Richard Norris steps up next, opting for a deeper and more hypnotic flex while retaining the dancefloor focus and picturesque beauty of Warren’s original mix. Flutes flutter, synths pulse and futurist electronics fizz, while Norris’s sturdy, non-stop groove and deep, rumbling bassline carry things forward. It’s a predictably impressive revision from the experienced producer.

Belfast-based Scouser Simon Sheldon, one third of NuNorthern Soul-signed outfit Visions of Light, rounds off the EP with a classic-sounding, late-90s-inspired progressive house revision. Tactile and slowly unfurling, it’s a quietly impressive rework that simmers from start to finish – all subtle acid lines, sweeping chords, elastic bass and rolling House beats.

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