Soulful Motown City deep house, hip hop interludes, swinging techno, and early Chicago-inspired cuts. Donato Basile steps out onto DVS1s Mistress Recordings label with two 12-inches: Mistress 18 and Mistress 18.5. Released in tandem, each record draws upon Basiles dual aliases to go head-to-head as Dona vs. DJ Plant Texture. Rhythmic machine grooves and masterful MPC work that pay respect to the diverse sounds of the metropolis Midwest cities. Mistress 18 emerges with Please, a dust-filled, Motown City smoker and tastefully obvious ode to Detroit legend J Dilla. The Beat and Maladca (Puglia-slang meaning crazy cool) welcome the soulful and deeper side of house. As Dopamine Way vibrates through the speakers, a 90s-inspired hip hop interlude begins to play, begging for a scratch battle on wax. Emotions takes us to disco-glittered-house, a dancefloor track to welcome the upcoming rays of sun. Side Bs Avoiding The Bro Game and Shadows (Meditation Mix), bring stomping, funk-driven techno that evolves into somber synth work reminiscent of Vangelis. To evolve dance musics sound, the greats often recount digging through their parents soul, disco, and jazz records, reworking and sampling them until a new groove was born; so too in this method does Donato pull from his diverse musical influences to bring us his own beat; one that balances nostalgia and futurism. Mistress 18 & 18.5 are love letters to the artform and a cross-genre formation ushering us to get out of our heads and back into the groove.