Review:
LIES 008 introduces us to a producer whose name will become ever more recognisable as the year veers onwards. The clearly quite talented Xosar is wrapped in the sort of nautical intrigue Drexciya invested heavily in, however her three productions here demonstrate there is a prowess to justify the mystique. "Tropical Cruize" sets the tone, ascending to the misty heights of your full appreciation via the lofty synths, rippling tom patterns and heavily opiated vocals that smudge the lower recesses. It sounds perfectly at home on LIES, as do the accompanying tracks, with the wonderfully creepy "Voodoo Castle" bristling with vaguely camp Giallo energy and powered by those stabs of various texture, whilst "Xephyr" adopts a more streamlined rhythmic jakkers approach which is embellished with lovely dubby puddles of synths.