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 San Francisco producer and DJ That Franco is back with ‘WASTINGTIME’, a new cut that finds a natural middle ground between speed garage and soulful house. Franco’s production pulls from French touch, jazz house and UK garage, but ‘WASTINGTIME’ feels less like a list of influences and more like his own take on those sounds. The drums have that familiar UKG swing, while the rest of the production keeps things warm and musical enough to work outside the club too. The track came together in an unlikely way. Franco explains that the first draft was built around a voice memo DEMOTAPES had sent to a group chat as a meme. Rather than dismissing it, Franco found himself drawn to the instrumental and started building from there. It’s a fitting example of the playful approach behind his music. Having previously supported MPH, Barry Can’t Swim and Daniel Allan, That Franco continues to develop a sound that sits somewhere between house, garage and leftfield club music. "WASTINGTIME" is o...