Review: Around the world in 12 wubs; Alix Perez's superlative 1985 continues to dig deeper and deeper into our psyche with the third volume of their faultless Atlas VA series. As always, the tempos are set to flexible as we slide and glide between the style and speeds courtesy of some incredible names... Cesco brings some proper dark UKG on 'Superstealth', Sir Hiss gets angular with the electroid funk of 'Shower Man Time', Visages go all slinky and futurist on 'Margit' while the bossman Perez and GLXY link up for something truly sexy and soulful with 'Green Lane'. All this and so much more, from Rockwell & Scepticz to Settle Down to Eprom, this is yet another exceptional adventure from the 1985 crew.
Review: Whenever Sir Hiss comes to town we know we are in for somewhat of a thrill-ride, with this, his latest outing on Innamind Recordings being another dive into the depths of 140's most abstract plains across three scintillating originals. We begin with 'Uderzo', a quirky anthem doused in dissonant synthetics and powerful sub-leads, followed closely by the booming low-ended pulses of 'Sleep Paralysis', which combine bubbling FX with shaker-driven rhythms for another abstract outing. From here, 'Till The End' then arrives as a potent closing number, using eerie vocal scrapes and a bulbous bag of bassy goodness to round off the EP in style, continuing Sir Hiss's killer run in style.
Review: As always when it comes to Sir Hiss, we go into this exciting new three track selection with keen ears. Over the years, he has gained quite the reputation for building incredibly well thought out soundscaping, a theme we find to be very evident across the title track 'Keygen', a smooth, sumptuous piece of melodic 140 music, with the composition being headed up by floaty woodwind lines and spacey pad textures behind. On the flip, 'Anatolian Heartland' delivers a much more moody creation, using dissonant piano chords and shuffling rhythms to get the job done. K-Lone also gives us his rethink of 'Anatolian Heartland' as an additional extra, adding a final touch of depth to a very interesting release indeed.
Review: It's been a very exciting time for Sir Hiss of late, who has been pushing forward in leaps and bounds, establishing himself as one of the front runners in Bristol's already heavily populated 140 scene. This link up with White Peach confirms that further as the lo-fi warmth of 'Sunset in Hong Kong' kicks the project off in blazing form. Next we dip into more sumptuous and spooky sounds of 'Haunter' in a high powered pairing with Lemzly Dale. The final track we hear on this release comes in the form of another collaboration as Emz gets busy over the 'Sunset In Hong Kong' instrumental, providing laid back flows and wavy lyricism on 'Rolling'.
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