Growing up in small-town England, Nathan Dawe cut his teeth playing weddings and school dances, where he honed his knack for bringing dance music to the masses. A savvy stylistic ambassador, Dawe offers subtle updates to old-school house music. Remixing Rudimental’s “Walk Alone”, he adds a cheeky touch of bassline to classic hip-house samples. The organ bass of “Lighter” could have stoked a rave in 1990, yet the future-house vocals ground it in the here and now. And archetypal piano-house anthem “No Time For Tears”, with Little Mix, sounds simply timeless.