The Plan Is Dead vinyl

If as the title of this Illum Sphere EP suggests and The Plan Is Dead, then long live the plan as the Mancunian producer adds credence to the ethos he's one to watch next year with some gloriously forward thinking beat dynamics entrenched in rich colours and melancholic textures. Breath cannot help but be taken away with the opening heavenly tones of "One For Dimlite" with sumptuous guitar refrains swinging in hippy motion with joyous piano flourishes and vocal harmonies. "Diablo Day Out" twists hypnagogic electric synth lines and dramatic orchestral flourishes around a crescendo of loose drum crashes amidst of dense fog of murky dystopian frequencies, a sensation that seeps into the hissing half step head nod of "Supercharged". On the flip "An Old Escape (Kill Them Kill)" provides the jaw drop moment, kicking down the doors to your ear drums with a monumental mass of Martyn-esque bass movements meets Demdike Stare menace. More big moves from Hoya Hoya!

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