Further Trips EP vinyl

Despite his penchant for crusty old gear, and regardless of whether he's making house or techno, there's a hazy positivity to Michael Bouldry-Morrison's work under the Octo Octa alias. It can be heard in his various early releases for 100% Silk, his excellent More Times EP on Running Back, and on this Detroit-influenced 12" for Deep Blak. That positivity manifests itself in different ways across the four tracks, which range from the bubbling, stargazing deep house of "Body Drift", and the spacey, ambient-influenced techno of "Future Out", to the ear-pleasing riffs, comforting chords and hissing percussion hits of "House of Snakes". Best of all, though, is "Keep" a veritable, rainbow-tinted starburst of electronic beauty and tactile grooves.

Patrick Luca (Island Issues), Life Recorder, Michael Terzian, Matt Pond (DeepSystems), OVC, Dj Prophet, Per Bojsen-Moller, ISOUL8 (Volcov), Cromie, Agnostic Rhythm, Ponty Mython, LANOCHE, Jacksonville