Minimal house is having a quiet moment that does not feel quiet at all. The records moving right now are stripped back, long, and built for rooms that stay open past last call. GS5 and Matt Egbert land right in that pocket with Peruvian March, the B-side of The Goods EP on Reprieve Records, out October 2, 2026.
The pair bill the track as minimal house and deep house. On the club side it sits in minimal / deep tech, 128 BPM in D minor, running about six minutes. Reprieve’s own note on the EP is useful: A-side The Goods brings the heat, while Peruvian March closes with a different, deeper, more charged-up flavor. That framing tells you what kind of record this is. Not a peak-time weapon for the first drop of the night. A late record. Something a DJ can ride once the room has already locked in.
That is the current minimal house conversation in a sentence. After a few years of tech house chasing bigger vocals and harder low end, a lot of underground selectors are leaning back into rolling grooves, small percussion moves, and arrangements that earn their length. Six minutes at 128 gives a DJ room to work. You can blend out of a deeper cut, sit in the pocket, and still feel the energy lift without a cartoon drop. Deep house listeners who want atmosphere, and minimal heads who want function, can both find a way in.
The split of labor behind the record makes sense once you know who is in the room. GS5 is a Colorado-based DJ and producer working in minimal deep tech, rolling grooves, and late-night energy. Recent releases on Hot Creations, Repopulate Mars, Out Of Work, and Psicodelica have picked up support from Jamie Jones, Lee Foss, Marco Carola, Sorley, and Nu Zau. A collaboration with Lee Foss on Hot Creations reached Pete Tong and Danny Howard on BBC Radio 1. He is A&R for Andhera Records and founded Reprieve Records, an imprint built for stripped-back, groove-driven underground house. The label’s debut, the Wonky Tech EP, landed in Beatport’s Top 10 Minimal / Deep Tech Hype charts. In Denver he has shared stages with Hot Since 82, Dennis Cruz, Prunk, and Kyle Walker, and opened for Chris Stussy at Junkyard with Factory 93. Spotify sits around 8,900 monthly listeners, which fits a producer still building a catalog rather than chasing a pop crossover.
Matt Egbert comes from the other side of the West Coast circuit. Born and raised in Southern California, he started on blues and classical guitar and switched to electronic music at 17. House took over from there. His releases include Desert Hearts, Rendr, Percomaniacs, Andhera, Buriloop, and Street Tracks, with plays from Marco Carola and The Martinez Brothers. He also runs Front Left Productions, a house and techno collective he started with friends after an idea at Desert Hearts in 2018. Front Left has thrown parties in Los Angeles, San Diego, New York, and Miami. So this is not a random link-up. Both artists already move in the same label and dancefloor world, and Peruvian March is the third Reprieve release, with GS5 and Egbert sharing both sides of the EP.
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What do you think of this kind of deeper minimal house closer? Drop a comment if Peruvian March is going in a late set or staying on headphones.
