Helium Robots At Juno Download

Review: Judging by this release, Helium Robots producer Ewan Wilmott should be one to watch this year. Having previously only released two wonky slabs of leftfield disco on Dissident way back in 2008, he's hardly prolific. Yet the two original tracks here suggest there's much more to come. Opener "Crepitation" cranks and bubbles its way through six minutes of IDM-goes-disco oddness, somehow managing to sound thrillingly cutting-edge and lovingly familiar. "Jarza", meanwhile, somehow distils the piano-laden beauty of Larry Heard style deep house and shimmering Balearic disco into something distinctly new. As if that wasn't enough, the mighty Theo Parrish pops up to turn "Jarza" into two sub-heavy chunks of late night freakiness. Highly recommended.