Where so many releases that get snapped up for Punch Drunk come from producers who arrive seemingly from nowhere and go on to become ubiquitous, Tessela already made a sizable splash with his release for All City last year. However that is the sole release to have his unique stamp on it and many more murmurs are being made about what else is set to come from the Bath-based producer, but for now you can sink your teeth into this meaty two-tracker. The primary feeling given off by "Channel" as it whips into life is one of chunkiness. The synths slam like weighty percussion, while the box-jam beats snap and crack with an MPC kind of funk that it's hard to achieve through simple quantising The sound space that Tessela occupies is certainly a brave one, as it neglects to pander to notions of mixability and consistency, darting around in impulsive flurries of snare rushes, madcap sampling and slowly mutating melodic phrases. On "D Jane" the lead-in holds back on a relatively steady groove (albeit populated by a delirium of samples), only to jerk into the main section on a completely different swing so as to pull your ass in the opposite direction.
