Burning Memories EP vinyl

Although it only has three releases behind it, Pinch's Cold Recordings, started last year as an "an outlet for new movements in the ever evolving UK hardcore continuum" has already given us some essential forward-thinking bass music from Elmono, Ipman and Batu. The label's fourth release, comes from Acre, a producer who put out an EP of killer grime fusions on Visionist's Lost Codes label last year, and is perhaps Cold's best release to date. The Burning Memories EP features four tracks which see Acre delve ever deeper into his singularly murky sound; the title track combines grime and jungle with slow, brooding techno coming in somewhere between the sounds of Mumdance and Beneath, while "Switchblade" is dominated by a heavy bass blast and crackling electric leads. "Trace Loops" is the most experimental track of all, combining morse code bleeps with a ghostly rhythm that sounds like zombified dubstep, while "Northern Shadows" takes things into peak time territory with a barrage of kicks and subs that are designed to demolish the floor. Big, big record from Acre here.

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