Music : EXIT

THE JAFFA KID – OLYQU

Posted on 2022-08-15

Running through a variety of braindance-oriented sounds, The Jaffa Kid’s Suction Records debut marks a highlight in his discography. Something clicked for UK producer The Jaffa Kid in 2020, as an avalanche of over a hundred releases began to be unleashed via his Bandcamp page, with equally abundant releases for labels like Withhold, Altered Sense and Deeptrax Records sprinkled into the mix. Marking his debut on Suction Records (where he fits into the similarly ambitious output of the likes of RX-101) The Jaffa Kid shows no signs of slowing down nor dropping in quality, with Passing Signals being one of his most compelling records yet.

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HUDSON MOHAWKE – BICSTAN

Posted on 2022-08-15

Recorded in his adopted home of Los Angeles, Cry Sugar continues Hudson Mohawke’s recent mission to create aspirational music from the tools of the club, but with an even keener eye towards optimism and sustainability. Cry Sugar also includes even more of Hudson Mohawke’s push-pull between high and low culture: allusions to Stravinsky, Schoenberg, and John Williams rub up against the huge swinging bass of the “trap music” he (deliberately or not) helped codify on his earlier records. That battle of motivation is also played out thematically within the songs themselves. Tracks like ‘Stump’, ‘Expo’, and ‘Some Buzz’ nod towards environmental disaster while ‘3 Sheets To The Wind’ revels in debauchery. Who’s to say which mode is more important to focus on.

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KH – LOOKING AT YOUR PAGER

Posted on 2022-08-15

Countless questions about track IDs have finally been quenched by Four Tet’s one simple message: “The sample has been cleared.” Under his KH alias, Four Tet releases some of his most highly requested DJ staples with Ministry of Sound Recordings, both revolving around infectiously warped samples of 3LW’s ‘No More’ and Nelly Furtado’s ‘Afraid’, both exhibiting patient yet intense moments of ecstasy. The frenetic optimism of ‘Looking At Your Pager’ translates through shredded bass and sunlit, sparkling synths, while ‘Only Human’ injects organic ice-cracking thunks into percolated rhythms.

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JOE ARMON-JONES & MALA – A WAY BACK

Posted on 2022-08-08

Mala and Joe Armon-Jones unite on A Way Back; a five track collaborative project that calls back the golden age of dubstep, released on Armon-Jones’ imprint Aquarii Records.

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KODE9 – THE BREAK UP

Posted on 2022-08-08

Hyperdub boss Kode9 returns to his home label for his first full length since 2015 entitled Escapology. The LP is the soundtrack album to the sonic fiction Astro-Darien, which will be released in October on Hyperdub’s sub-label Flatlines. Other facets of the slowly gestating project have included the sonic installations Kode9 has staged since 2021 at South London’s Corsica Studios. Inspired in part by the musique concrète concepts of the 1950’s, Escapology adds some contemporary bass and club strands to the DNA, making for a fascinating musical element to Kode9’s sprawling opus.

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RONAN – INTERDÉPENDENCE

Posted on 2022-08-08

Mala and Joe Armon-Jones unite on A Way Back; a five track collaborative project that calls back the golden age of dubstep, released on Armon-Jones’ imprint Aquarii Records.