Extended Hug EP vinyl

This EP from the fledgling Candian label Fur Trade Recordings sees established producer The Mole deliver three cuts of the loopy house he is known for. A-Side "QueQue" is a slow building number in which a murky bassline tumbles beneath a multitude of vocal samples which appear out of the gloom, whilst even the piano line is filtered right into the background, giving the whole thing a remarkably sinister edge. On the flip is "Beaver Club", a similarly dark track with a hypnotic quality, with a motorik arpeggio bass driving the track while minimal percussion clatters in the background with the sound of clockwork. The whole thing simmers along nicely until the end when a second arpeggio builds and increases the energy noticeably. "Johnny McHockey" rounds things off in a much lighter mood, with a more bumping mid-tempo groove propelled forward by the escalating synth line that simmers above the deep bass.

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