Season Seven (NVST Oldschool version remix) (6:20)
Review: Something very special here from Irish label Woozy as Carre makes her debut on the label with three beguiling works of dub. We're talking real subby, rich, ploughing dub that pushes forward low and slow. 'Meltdown' is more trad hypnotic dub with all the echoes and ripples while 'Crawler' stomps along with a technoid like wink while 'Season Seven' takes us into more broken beat territory. All springy and spacey. Throw in a really classy classic dnb remix from dBridge (which is a bit of a rarity from the big man) and an experimental twist from NVST and we really are melting down. What a trip.
Review: After impressing on the White Peach label with their debut album Between Surface, Glume & Phossa return with four deep dubstep rollers that go big on melody. 'Gold Fang' has a smattering of percussion sprinkled over the cavernous sub bass, while broken kicks roll deep and some enchanting melodies bring light up top. 'Hard Times' is a more maximal jam with squeaky lines and jacked up drums bringing the energy. 'Shift' then slips back into an undulating and fat bassline wobbly with edgy chords keeping up the suspense and 'Crypt' brings gauzy textures and hulking great big hits.
Review: UK producer Mantra is one half of the label and events series Rupture and a regular on Munich's Ilian tape. He masters deep and atmospheric techno again here right from the off. 'Locked In Locked On' is a mid-tempo and silky roller with dub-wise swagger and crispy breaks, 'Levitation Dub' then rides a more propulsive rhythm with chords infusing it with warmth and 'Ruffhouse' then kicks off with more prickly rhythms, shooting synth motifs and rugged bass. 'Big Munch' brings some jungle energy to close a sophisticated low-end exploration.
Review: False Aralia the new label from from Brian Foote (Peak Oil, Kranky, etc.) returns with a second release on the self-titled label and once again explores an experimental and hugely original approach to minimal house, dub and techno. It is unconventional to say the least but always inviting with warm, dubby pads, fragments of melody and undulating rhythms all bubbling away in loose, freeform fashion. These late-night sounds tracks are inescapably immersive and cavernous and they cocoon you in sound as if you're back in the womb. It's a magnificent place to get lost and sink in.
Review: False Aralia is a new self-titled label from Brian Foote (of Peak Oil, Kranky, etc.) that launches with "a series of recordings growing in all directions" and that draws together the work of artists from North America who are centred around the studio practices of Izaak Schlossman. Zero Key is the first 12" and it opens with a blend of spread synths, dubby undercurrents and microhouse rhythms. Pained vocals drift in and out of focus. There is a hallucinogenic quality to some of the sounds and an aquatic feel to the way the subtle and supple grooves unfold. It is otherworldly music that is rooted in real-world emotion.
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