Illumination Of The Path vinyl

The reliably flawless Boe Recordings usher in Professor Inc, the first of several promised new additions to their 2012 release schedule. Professor Inc is the latest alias of Frederic Poix, a Parisian house producer with a decade's worth of productions to his and his other names, and this house heritage shines through across the four tracks on Illumination Of The Path. There's a woozy confidence to "Path Illumination" as lazy pads and the producer's own barely audible voice float over the seemingly improvised backdrop of crystallised strings and thick set bass. Following this, "VTM Beos Tribute" is named in tribute to an underground legend on the early sample-sharing scene and commences in more stripped back fashion. Just when you think it's a bit ponderous, a growing crescendo of percussive layers breaks out that releases into a delightful refrain of strings. Turn over for "Elements Combined" a track obviously influenced by Basic Channel, but nonetheless a truly accomplished exercise in dub techno, with near infinite streams of fractured textures falling around the thick 4/4 beat. Professor Inc ends this fine Boe debut in similar territory with the dark reverberant thump of "Essence Dub".

Owen Jay, Stojche, Ben Boe (For Those That Knoe), Ernie (Minuendo Recordings), Malcolm Moore (Altered Moods), Satore (Hizou Deep Rooted Music), Deymare, Agnostic Rhythm, Manos Mara (Bliq), Natan H, Tom Dicicco, Iron Curtis, Professor Inc