Review:
Runaway's reliable On The Prowl Party Breaks series returns with a trio of mind-altering house bangers from mysterious newcomer Epithet. Lead track "Bluenote" is the real killer. Taking influence from vintage New York house and twisted, rave-era basement bumpers, Epithet laces haunting female vocal samples and sharp synth lines over a formidable groove. It's clearly designed to cause maximum impact in dark spaces, which is no bad thing. "Lightpipe" is, if anything, even spookier, like some long lost Red Zone Dub spiked with Hammer horror strings and foreboding chords. A striking package is completed by a great Roberto Rodriguez rework of "Bluenote", which recasts the original is a jazz-flecked NY garage bumper. Splendid.