Short Span Vinyl & CDs

Review: Mammo steps away from his usual web of aliases and imprints with General Patterns, a double vinyl LP compiled in the wake of the Amsterdam producer's ambient LP Landmarks, then under his birth name, Fabiano. It's a six-track collection, alternately quelling the pulse and barely keeping the beat abreast, tapping into the patient throb of dub techno without temptation to posture overmuch through its otherwise quite stirring sound design. Fans of his recent Puddlerunner material might recognise the grain: a low-lit surface hiss, muffled rhythm architecture, mineral random-LFO delays, as heard best on 'Traversing A Raincloud' or 'Migration'.

Review: Sa Pa's mastery of dense, immersive sound design takes on fresh forms here, with four extended cuts that unravel in their own time, drawing deep from the wells of dub, ambient techno, and minimal groove. Opener 'Captigon' rolls out like a slow-motion mirage, its submerged rhythms and cavernous textures shifting like sand underfoot. 'So Simple' strips things back even further, a delicate interplay of drifting chords and weightless percussion that feels like it could dissolve at any moment. On the flip, 'Boredom Memory (Extended Mix)' lets a steady pulse guide its shimmering layers, balancing restraint with a quiet insistence, while 'Gausian Ecstacy' brings things full circleihushed, intricate, and hypnotic in equal measure. Designed for deep listening, whether warming up, winding down, or staying in, these tracks reward patience, letting their submerged details rise to the surface at their own pace.