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Death Comet Crew
9.0
8.0
In?ne
7.5
Keysound
Slope/Maximum Busy Muscle
Hessle Audio
9.0
A producer whose sense of style and
rhythm is simply unparalleled, the
unassuming producer's third 12"
proper for Hessle screams maturity
on one side and completely cuts loose
on the other, displaying the two sides
of his infuriatingly perfect poise.
Mssingno
Mssingno EP
Goon Club Allstars
7.0
Mssingno's the dude who made
the Verve-sampling beat for CAS's
'Drugs Don't Work'. That's probably
only really important if you've
actually heard the tune in question,
considering it takes a brave producer
to chunk a thing so brazenly but,
conversely, his work on beats like
'Skeezers' and '124th' very much
show that Mssingno's got both
the skill and the foresight to tackle
multiple styles. From hoods up to
panties down, he seems able to really
nail it.
210 djmag.com
Milkyway 1311 (Djrum
Remix)
Balt Shakt
Diskotopia
Joe
7.0
It's been a couple of years
since Mutt graced the
roster of the Brightonbased Donky Pitch label,
but you can rest assured
his return is a pretty
emphatic slice of ravereferencing hyper colour
that manages to sound
incredibly individual.
Downliners Sekt
Mumdance & Logos
There's something about BD1982's
seven-track 'Casings EP' that
simultaneously feels like he's biting
Jam City and yet fully producing some
of his most interesting work to date.
Tracks like 'Casava' and 'Writuals'
whir with a similar mechanical
voice but it's his exploration into
rolling dub on the title track and his
command of the minimal elements
on tracks like 'Bakkwaa', 'Blud' and
'Clear Walls' that undoubtedly makes
this his most 'Colour and the Shape'
like moment to date.
Rumble Pak
I've always loved the
freewheeling passages
of improv noise in
krautrock, so Death Comet
Crew's textural bazaar
for the Citinite label,
'Galacticoast', is a bit of
a double-edged sword
for me. Delightfully weird
and unsettling in equal
measure.
BD1982
9.0
Donky Pitch
Galacticoast
Yes, I'm a massive fan
of David Kennedy's
production work and yup,
it's most de?nitely been a
while since he's committed
anything as focused or as
pointedly stunted as 'Lola'
to vinyl, but it's just the
way that he manages time
and again to impeccably
capture short form ideas
as club tools that's really
impressive. Like, 'Power
Drums' is more of a downer
than its title suggests, but
it's also the perfect rig
tester, built to scrum the
fuck down.
Casings
Ghost Mutt
Citinite
Hessle Audio
Genesis EP
8.5
After collaborating on 'In Reverse',
one of the stand-outs from the
recent Keysound compilation,
London-based producers Logos and
Mumdance serve up four more slices
of their co-made machine music
with the 'Genesis EP'. It's home to
the PIV mix of 'In Reverse' and the
incendiary 'Wut It Do' — two tracks
that have already set chat rooms
ablaze — but it's the inclusion of the
brutalist eight-bar 909 exploration
'Turrican 2' that should really
have you reaching for the bazooka
emoticon.
Objekt
Agnes Demise/Fishbone
Objekt
9.0
When you come storming out of the
blocks in the manner Objekt did,
people will surely start to expect
a certain something special from
you. Exactly what that thing is, is
probably quite hard to put your
?nger on considering that you got
known for dumbfounding a lot of
cats but Objekt? he's a wily dude. A
guy who'll simply hit you with two
slices of impossibly well-produced,
rhythmically caustic, bruk techno
and then bounce.
Palms Trax
Equation EP
Lobster Theremin
8.0
Palms Trax's music is pretty much
a deft re?ection of this brand-new
label's taste. Cut loud to inaugurate
the Lobster Theremin imprint there's
three original productions (and a
Willie Burns 'Dance Remix' of the
stand-out 'Late Jam', whose scuzzy
compression technique positively
shines on his re-rub) that all strut
with a heavy focus on clattering
drum interplay and unctuous chord
progressions. All thick impact
and impressively con?dent stuff;
the breakdown on 'Equation' is
rewardingly deep.
Pev & Asusu
Seemingly masters
of their own sonic
reinterpretation, the
Catalan duo, Downliners
Sekt, return after a
period of relative radio
silence with 'Balt Shakt':
a welcome double-sided
blast of static-soaked 4/4
that hints at the direction
of a new LP.
Onoe Capone
2nd Drop
7.5
It really would take
someone of Djrum's
production calibre to
properly ?ip a rap jam as
visceral and unique as
Onoe Capone's 'Milkyway
1311'. Soon to be released
on a limited edition 10"
alongside a reworking
of Royce Wood Junior's
'Jodie'.
Remnants/Surge
Livity Sound
8.0
If you've not really been following
the rampant technoid explorations
of the Bristolian trio that make up
Livity Sound (namely Peverelist,
Kowton and Asusu) then it de?nitely
bears repeating that they've become
a go-to out?t for strikingly original,
wonky club-techno-weapons. Ahead
of their eponymous album's rele ase,
their eighth vinyl drop harbours a
duo of collaborations from Pev and
Asusu that both rely on an incredibly
squat and solid kick drum, whilst
their collective tendrils tease high
into the top lines.
Will Ward
Violiner/Concentrated
Deadplate
8.0
It's fantastic that there's so many
labels releasing club-centric
music that's so discernibly raw
and wantonly experimental. Root
it to a drum beat and you've got
tools that manage to just stand
the fuck out and actively challenge
people. Please, carry on just doing
something different and do it so well
that next time, you've got to come
with something amazing to better
it. It's gonna take something pretty
special to outdo the weird dub of Will
Ward's 'Violiner' though...
BD1982 DISKOTOPIA
01. M. BUCKLEY ‘Tekkies_Housesitting_’ Matool
“Swirling tape-saturated jackin’ grooves from the other side of the universe.”
02. A TAUT LINE ‘Returnee’ Diskotopia
“This tune is testament to how great the forthcoming album really is.”
03. FITZ AMBRO$E ‘Mind Ringa’ Cascade Records
“Abstractions of boogie breakneck grooves done like no other.”
04. A$AP FERG ‘Make A Scene feat Maad Moiselle’ RCA Records
“Standout album cut from the Trap Lord.”
05. SERIFU ‘Prince of Tides’ Diskotopia
“Broken rhythms, beeps and bloops, ominous strings and gliding square
menace washing up on the shores of E3.”
06. TILTMODE ‘Outer Heaven’ Matool
“The Aberdeen native in rare form here with a club-ready tune, equally heavy
and contemplative.”
07.
SHARDA ‘U Don’t Know Me’ Unreleased
“Sharda is on some next-level bassline business, taken to a boiling point
degree.”
08. NEANA ‘Arrest Mode’ Unreleased
“Pure ruffage from the Gang Fatale general Yung Neana.”
09. RABIT ‘40 Below’ Diskotopia
“Introspective glacier ghetto music for the laser gun generation from the
Houston badman.”
10. PAUL WHITE FEAT DANNY BROWN ‘Street Lights (Dabrye
Remix)’ One-Handed Music
“Unbelievable return from Dabrye, sounding like a grime ‘Percolator’ remix
at 93bpm.”