1000names At Juno Download

Review: Inspired by the sounds of Flying Lotus, Hudson Mohawke, Ras G and a whole heap of other influential beatmakers, this two piece outfit from Eastern Europe return with their first release of 2011 on Bristol based label Black Acre. Opening with the eponymous track of the EP, 1000 Names ease us in with chopped up, high-pitched vocal snatches (not entirely dissimilar to early Ramadanman work, in fact), strumming rhythms, tropical, clip-clop beats and mellifluous melodic patterns. But then, all of a sudden, we are plunged into "Kaleidoscope" which sends us into a parallel universe where the Warp style intentions laid out in their battleplan become more obvious as fluid rhythms, quirky textured SFX and driving energy transcend all. Finishing up with Lynx & Hellrazor's remix of "Pocket Calculator", we are brought abruptly back to reality by the terse, crunchy beats which punctuate an otherwise synth-laden soundscape. It's that same experimental naughtiness that we've seen before in Lynx tracks such as "Disco Dodo" and more recently "Chess Funk", but now, collaborating with Hellrazor he explores this at a different tempo and in doing so, cements the release as must for all discerning electronic music fans.