El Kid At Juno Download

Review: The fledgling label left blank reach their third release, with Brighton based El Kid (aka Sam Kidel) at the helm. It more than maintains the high standard of their previous releases from Vessel, Visionist and Lorca, and it's become apparent that they are now a must check label for fans of esoteric house leaning bass music. "Hypnosis" begins with a curtain of acoustic samples fractured into micro loops, before moving into a wash of breathing hiss, making the UK funky style bass drop all the more surprising; but despite its similarity to that genre in terms of rhythm and synth palette, it's something much more complex, swathed as it is in a fog of reverb and radiophonic atmospherics. "Mud" continues with this swampy aesthetic; with its slower tempo and thick bass it is heavily reminiscent of Andy Stott's recent records on Modern Love, albeit with a housier swing. "Kachinja" meanwhile anchors its echo laden soundscape with an insistent tom pattern and searing bass, whilst the EP is rounded of by a remix of "Hypnosis" from Hyperdub affiliate Walton. Bringing the UK funky echoes of the original to the fore, he beefs it up considerably by sharpening its rhythmic focus.