Review: To celebrate their imprint's fifth anniversary, Fever AM label founders Mor Elian and Rhyw have put together a compilation of genre-defying club music. It's Not A Bug, It's A Feature showcases Ayesha with the hypnotic tribal trance of "Swim", Son Of Philip provides techno on the strobe-lit frenzy of "Raleigh Banana" and Peder Mannerfelt serves up some seriously off-kilter beats on "No Sheep". Elsewhere, core label artists appear such as Xen Chron who gets off the grid with the wonky electro of "1L4U" and Gacha Bakradze delivers the evocative IDM cut "Scum" among many more.
Review: For the latest edition of the now infamous Femme Culture compilation, HeForShe get involved with a seriously potent selection of futuristic techno and breaks infused flavour, featuring a vibrant roster of artistry indeed. The names involved include the likes of Bklava, Farsight, Talik, Moktar, Ell Murphy, LUXE, Jennifer Loveless and many more top quality names, all adding something colourful and sonically unique to this very well laden table. Our two highlights actually land directly after each other in the tracklisting, with the bubbling percussive pulses and constantly shifting backdrops of SYZ's 'Purify' leading the way, focussing on some seriously intricate rhythmic design. Breaka then follows this with the super bouncy textures of 'Who's This?', utilizing glittering arpeggios and bulbous bass pushes for a seriously fun time. Excellent work all around on this one, with all profits going straight to UN Women UK.
Review: As always with Scuffed Recordings, it's time to prepare for a journey into the unpredictable as they this time unleash Ayesha onto our eardrums with a fabulous four track display. We begin with the speaker-pounding sub-grinds and lively drum arrangements of 'Potential Energy', which sees a combination of breaksy flavours, carnival rhythms and acidic bleeps or form a harmonious composition. Next, the hardcore-inspired arrangements of 'Ecstatic Descent' combine more sweeping soundscapes with groovy drum stutters for a truly euphoric experience before 'We Be Bubblin' unleashes a much more harder-hitting display of breakbeat-inspired drum action, pushing the raveometer up a few notches. Finally, 'Dark Matter' explores the more acidic side of Ayesha's production range as more organic-sounding synth inputs are let loose atop a super-rhythmic drum display for a perfect sign off.
