JORG KUNING Vinyl & CDs

Review: "Right, OK!" Worm Records offer up their second various artists release for 2024, coming just a neat two months after September's inaugural release featuring Ruf Dug, Wallace, The Mole and Gallegos. Now the label turn their hand to a completely different league of artists, convoking Boulderhead, Wooka, DMX Krew and Jorg Kuning for yet another star-studded audio-strudel, spanning both chilled and heated ends of the spectrum. Boulderhead's A1 is the ludic highlight among the four, a charming Valley Girl voice peppering the vocal track with exceptional backhandedness; we hear talk of floating on clouds and an affect of casual acceptance behind the glitch-science, suggesting vibes of bounciness and breeze. Wooka goes sillier speed garage on 'Make Yourself Comfortable', a challenging charge given the track's otherwise rather jagged jam; Krew and Koenig close things off on a comparatively calm note, the former's B1 opting for a set of bruk-en beats and wet synth yaps, and the latter's 'Imbolc' quiescing with clement Rhodeses and homely drum machines.

Review: Jorg Kuning channels the hyperactive energy and pixelated 8-bit sounds of games like Super Mario in the melodies that light up his opening cut here. 'Klarneto' as you might expect also has a clarinet lead and a Latin tech vibe that could well make it an Ibiza anthem this summer. 'Rodeo Romeo' is another Super Mario gem with all sorts of colourful effects and busy melodies, then 'Robotomy' gets a little more down and dirty but still has an array of charming and unusual sounds zipping through the mix. 'Quirl' shuts down with jazzy chord work, minimal broken beats and squelchy bass for after-party fun.