Berlin's Yore Records lovingly reissue Andy Vaz's 2012 release 'Imaginary Beings', originally out on Chiwax. Elevated to the status of "the best authentic Chicago acid house (EP) heard in a very long time" by at least one sovereign tastemaker, we can attest to this assessment. At first, A-sider 'Minimal Acid' only barely teases its charm - its "Chi-style" snap-beats and naked acid line signaling only a minimal investment in the dance - but not long before a momentous vocal line broadens the mix's aural consciousness to shockingly simple but movingly efficacious effect. Then there's the mathematic movements of 'He Used To Be An Asian' and the shamelessly mindful mistral of 'Imaginary Beings', which sound like two sides of the same brain (one calculating, one quelling). Finally, 'Still On Time' returns to the well-planted root and scapular sways of Chicago house, its warping filter cutoffs and salubrious saws serving as only two of many possible glimpses of and over a Michigan lakeside rave.