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Review: Following straight on from A Surgeon's retro hip-hop influenced "Soul Movements Trip", this new release boasts two tracks both featuring Hannah Collins and Stevee Bee. Both couldn't be more different from their recent release: A-side "Chasing Love" is all shimmering synths, downtempo beats and Collins' floaty vocals. B-side "Together" is even more laid back and summery with it's mix of hazy electronica, jazzy tones, piano chords and trip-hop beats.

Review: Time to don a plaid shirt and a pair of Timberland boots (laces undone) because the early 90s revival is in full effect. Lazy hip beats and sampled loops replace the drum and bass sounds that A Surgeon is more commonly known for. Joined by Stevee Bee on most tracks, "808" sounds like a mythical collaboration between Dr Dre and Cypress Hill. "We Won't" is stoner daisy age hip-hop while the more upbeat and jazzy "Hell Yeah" is evocative of a KRS-1 backing track. There's also a very well disguised sample of Alan Braxe & Fred Falke's "Running" tucked in there too. The most ambitious track here however, is the mellow 4/4 "Stomp Son" an orchestrated affair that features sampled contributions from Hunter S Thompson no less.

Review: The prolific and diverse A Surgeon continues to plough the retro hip-hop field with this new single built around an obscure AOR vocal sample. The original is a reggae-tinged number featuring laid back trip-hop beats and a distorted hip-hop MC. B-side, "Forever", is an even more laid back, instrumental version of the A-Side. Retaining the vocal loop, "Forever" almost verges on synth-pop in places. Quite diverse indeed.