Ghetto Science Institute EP vinyl

Having secured one of our favourite elongated slo mo acid bumpathons in the shape of Cottam's all conquering "Sunrise Sunset", Use of Weapons label bosses Deep Space Orchestra return to the helm for the third release. The Northern duo has cut an increasingly impressive presence of late, across a number of labels and the two original arrangements on Ghetto Science Institute are perhaps their finest to date. Both the title track and "Vanishing Point" stand out for their refusal to stand still, rhythmically running through several ideas and directions throughout the course of the track. Equally fine are the chosen remixers on the flip, as Neville Watson and the elusive Marcello Napoletano each tackle one of the tracks. Watson takes the lead with a typically analogue heavy, loose limbed revision of the title track underpinned by some expansive pads. The midway point where it explodes into colour is truly delightful. Napoletano's take on "Vanishing Point" retains the source's ever twisting subtleties and displays all the Italian's canny percussive tricks, and similarly accrues a heady amount of energising steam as it rattles towards the run out groove

Nick Anthony Simoncino, Deep Space Orchestra, The Revenge, Chris Wood (Moon Harbour, Freebase), Deymare, Joe Drive, Audio Soul Project