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I was never much of a vinyl collector, and as a result of that I was a latecomer to Metro Area. They released a number of well-received 12″s in the early 2000’s, and I was finally able to take those sounds home with me in 2003 (or was it 2002?) when I picked up their self-titled CD compilation released on the Brooklyn-based Environ label. Very nice tunes rooted in disco, with warm synths and lots of handclaps. I won’t try to explain their sound any further, but 5 years later I’m still loving this disc, and I’m glad I dug it out.

Metro Area is a duo composed of Morgan Geist and Darshan Jesrani. Geist has loads of solo material out there, all of which is definitely worth checking out. I’ve never stumbled across anything by Darshan Jesrani but I bet there’s something if you dig hard enough.

Metro Area – “Miura” (mp3) | “Orange Alert” (mp3)