Timedance Vinyl & CDs

Review: Bristol's Hodge is one of those producers with a signature style no matter the genre he makes. He's an adept studio craftsman who designs sounds in a way few others do and he shows that again here with this fresh 12" on the mighty Timedance. 'Voice Crash' opens up with clanking great hits over minimalist beat frameworks that are always on the move, and you will be too. '151' is a more manic and dense arrangement with malfunctioning loops, knackered synth mutations and whirring effects all making for something fairly mind-blowing. Last of all is 'Fussyhead', a percolating and potent rhythm underpinned with lashings of UK bass.

Review: Wonky, disjointed, trippy and a hell of a lot of fun... These are just some of the ways to describe Jabes' new 12" on Timedance. Continuing his twisted, brilliantly unclassifiable signature, 'Ripples' is a data-glitching, stompy whirlwind of feels that builds and builds and builds, teasing with every twist and turn. 'Body Said No' takes this tense sense of surrealism even further as the drums scatter into breaks and that constant sense of winding up is brought even further to the fore. Scatty in the best possible way.

Review: Batu's Timedance is about as consistently fresh and forward-thinking as electronic labels get right now. Bristol's Daisy Moon is next up to carry the baton and is fresh off a standout house cut on Peach Discs in June. Here she opens with the precise drum rhythms and glitchy percussion of 'Eclipse' while 'Shadow Of Silhouettes' is a shimming, shape shifting arrangement with daubs of synth, frenzied lines, chopped-up vocals and plenty more all vying for your attention. 'The Abyssal Zone' then brings some dubby broken beats to the fore and 'Meadow Rap' flips the script entirely with some lush downtempo.