Resolve vinyl

Bristol-based producer Hodge has had something of a breakthrough year in 2013; as one half of house duo Outboxx alongside Matt Lambert, the pair released their debut album on Idle Hands, while a well-received solo EP for Well Rounded and the Bells collaboration with Pev on Punch Drunk have shown his more idiosyncratic solo side. Hodge's relationship with Pev's towering Bristol institution continues apace with his first full solo Punch Drunk release Resolve/Fear. Said to draw on "distinctly UK influences combining thumping broken jungle techno and modern era Bristolian dub aesthetics" the two tracks seem firmly aligned with the off-kilter 4/4 coming from Pev's Livity Sound camp of late, with "Resolve" making use of atmospheric pads alongside its rugged rhythmic flex, and "Fear" pairing churning sub bass with weighty, syncopated percussion.