Snowfall At Juno Download

Review: UK producer Ross Tones, aka Throwing Snow, creates haunting and modern electronic music with many of its roots firmly placed in synth productions of the 1980s. Released through his own Snowfall imprint, this new EP features four immaculately sculpted slices of fizzy, vital electronica. "Aspera" is slo-mo melancholia of the finest kind; "Melum" revisits the moods painted by Jan Hammer on stuff like Crockett's Theme. 'Lingerwell' is heartbroken minimal house and "Behest" is like warped trance, with wall of sound Euro-synths reduced to epic sludge. In a good way.

Review: Heralding the start of his new Snowfall imprint, Ross Tones brings an atmospheric hush to the table with his new offerings. Already it's become impossible to predict what Throwing Snow will deliver each time around, but the Autumnal mist that shrouds around "Clamor" embellishes the booming live drums (and fiddle no less) with an enchanting quality that escapes so much electronic music. "Brook" switches things up entirely with a slow, jerky house cut that favours distorted snippets of melody over anything too obvious, sounding altogether fresh in the glut of 4/4 being made at present, while "Perca" brings a more loping beat to bear.