LES SINS Vinyl & CDs

Review: In his funk-informed, edit-rich guise for Daphni/Caribou's Jiaolong imprint, Chaz 'Toro Y Moi' Bundick drops another sublime two-tracker of impeccably informed groove for sharp dancers and fearless romancers. "Grind" wastes no time in getting down with a sublime roll of drums, sleek bass and perfect touches of boogie synth, leaving space for some spaced out vocoder vocal over the top. "Prelims" heads off into more experimental territory with a low riding beat and droning, detuned melodies aimed squarely at creating a future-soul hybrid for the open-minded heads to tap into. There are serious legs to Bundick's project and this record serves to build on those pins with plenty of grace and oodles of style.

Review: With Dan Snaith concentrating on his Daphni album shaped campaign to counteract the ongoing EDM barfplosion currently riding shotgun through the USA (his words not ours) duties for this latest Jiaolong twelve inch are handed to Les Sins aka former "chillwave" progenitor - and Alvin from the Cosby Show lookalike - Toro Y Moi. Those among you who lapped up Chazwick Bundick's two albums and numerous EPs as Toro Y Moi might not be expecting the left turn towards thick skipping garage reminiscent of mid 90s era UK output that characterises "Fetch" but at least he's moved on from chillwave! Alongside this, the sloppy rhythms of "Taken" are very much in the Four Tet school of production and the gaseous horn playing that remains just out of focus is a delightfully playful touch.