Hydraulics vinyl

Having already proved himself as a producer to watch with releases on Mr Mitch's Gobstopper Records and Visionist's Lost Codes label, Bloom comes through with this beast of an EP on Crazylegs. Hydraulics is about as apt a title as could be applied to these four tracks, each of which sound like an orgy of mechanical pistons and grime percussion. Those into the recent work of Mumdance will be right at home here; "Cold Grip", the paranoid siren alerts of "The Menagerie", stripped-back laser and drums combo of "Dark Light" and terrified human breaths and sliced-up synths of "Vessel" come together to make up one of the most downright enjoyable grime releases of the year.