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The clock is ticking. You have 10 seconds to deactivate these bombs or else they'll explode all over your face and ears. There's only one man who can help; D-Fuser, a young south UK artist who's been lurking in the Gradient shadows on a few V/A releases and now levelled up with his debut artist EP for Amplify & Metalwork's label. Six tracks in total, flexing from the sunny-side skanks and soundsystem roughage of 'Dreadlock' to the classic mid 2000s style jump up flavours of 'Wanting You' via the stripped back jackhammer that is 'Killer' (with Pengo), the whole EP will stop you worrying about which wire to cut and instead get you wondering which ear you'd like these bombs to explode in. Badness.

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V's Edits / Various

Repercussions 2 Vehicle

With V Records keeping their Repercussion series alive with three fresh cuts, Dr.Adolf throws down an afro-inspired vibe of slamming house to get things started (that should turn the heads of Todd Terje fans). Something more downtempo and Balearic comes from FMAC's Fleetwood Mac interpretation - "Listen To The Wind Blow" - next to the rocky, plucked out and vamped funk of RS' "Fingerprint Tile" Chka-chka-ahh!

Medlar

Aerial Wolf Music Recordings

Fresh from dropping a pair of fine fusion EPs with Dele Sosimi on Wah Wah 45s, Medlar returns home to Wolf Music Recordings with his most expansive release since 2013 debut album Sleep. In keeping with his musical evolution since then, Aerial is a thrillingly eclectic, colourful and imaginative affair, with Medlar flitting between the Wally Badarou-on-acid vibes of the undeniably cosmic title track; the acid-fired, cowbell-rich strut of 'Iguanadon'; the percussion-rich Dinosaur L mutations of 'Elephant Bingo'; the downtempo jazz-funk of 'Elv'; the late-night, drum machine driven weirdness of 'Cr78-108'; the '89 NYC garage-meets-New Jack Swing flex of 'Phoenix Lights'; and the slow-motion, bass-heavy Balaearica of 'Sin Prisa'. In a word: ace!

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Monday Dreamin' Violet EP CircoLoco

As minimal house continues to hit the mainstream, there's no denying the likes of Rockstar Games and Ibiza hot house CircoLoco have something to do with it. Combining to create CircoLoco Records, it continues ist summer run of releases with a new various artist EP in Dreamin' Violet - featuring future classics from Luciano, Red Axes, Carl Craig, Butch and Margaret Dygas! With Luciano going deep, stripped back and minimal in "Mantra For Lizzie", Red Axes sends in a frenetic number of drum machine and synth laden mayhem. Carl Craig delivers a bass heavy, beat free and epic synth number "Forever Free", with Butch throwing down a stuttered rave vibe in the broken beat, drum and bass centric "Raindrops". With a slight Detroit mode surfacing too in Margaret Dygas percussive "Wishing Well", she keeps it slightly abstract to complete a package that presses all the right buttons - peak time or after hours.

Blawan

Soft Waahls EP Ternesc

For the ninth release on Ternsec, label owner Blawan delivers a killer six-tracker. "Justa" is a slinky, skeletal rhythm that resounds to repetitive vocals and a warped vocal sample. On "The Sithe", Blawan goes down an abstract route, with hyper-speed shuffling drums married to a multi-layered bass and a rickety rhythm. "Silver" is based on a similar approach, but this time a wobbly bass unravels over ticking percussion and a slinky groove. The release takes a more ominous turn on "Fizz City", with Blawan opting for a straighter and searing electronic riffs. "Fourth Dimensional" operates at the very farthest limits of techno, with doubled-up metallic drums fused with abstract percussive slivers and ghostly synths.

Jac Solaire

Volaris/Into The Night Food Music

A quarter of a century has passed since the surge in disco-fired funky house from France led to the dancefloor dominance of "French touch" records. This EP from the previously little-known Jac Solaire was clearly inspired by that sound, though there's enough 21st century musical tricks to think of it as an update to the style rather than a tribute. We get three different takes on lead cut 'Volaris': an original mix that blends fresh, saucer-eyed vocals and bright-and-breezy disco instrumentation with a typically thickset French touch groove; a classic, Cassisus style rework from Alex Virgo, and a more heavily cut-up, stab-happy take from No-e that reminded us of DJ Sneak. Bonus cut 'Into The Night', meanwhile, could well end up being this year's 'Music Sounds Better With You'.