Accidental Jnr is a sub-label imprint from Matthew Herbert’s Accidental Records to focus on electronic / club / dance output.
For 2022 the label introduces a new series ‘Room 2’, as a space to put out electronic music for listening rather than dancing.
Review: Herbert's return to the Parts series after a decade-long hiatus is cause for celebration. Part 9, the ninth installment in this iconic series, picks up right where he left off, delivering a fresh and innovative take on leftfield house music. The EP features the first of a series of collaborations with Momoko Gill, a talented artist and producer who lends her vocals to several tracks. The opening track, "Fallen," is a haunting and rhythmic piece that showcases Herbert's minimalist production style. "Find Me" is an instrumental track that highlights Herbert's skill in creating subtle grooves and engaging beats. The EP closes with "Curt," a track that feels like a nod to Herbert's roots, fusing minimal elements with nostalgic house vibes.
Late At Night (Matthew Herbert's Should Have Played That dub) - (5:55) 126 BPM
Funk That - (4:43) 126 BPM
Review: Accidental Jnr is Herbert's imprint for spaced out club EPs, and the latest artist to join the roster is Housemeister. With a string of albums and Eps for labels like Bpitch, Boysnoize and his own All You Can Beat imprint, the German producer has established a reputation for individualistic house and techno. This approach is audible from the get-go on this release and the title track is a slamming, rhythm-heavy groove peppered with vocal snatches and defer filters. It's like a heavier version of one of Herbert's own releases. In stark contrast are the tweaked abstract tones of "Der Kleine Konig", while on "Funk That", Housemeister drops a left of centre house groove that revolves around a slap bass. Factor in Herbert's dubbed out take on the title track and you've got an essential, uncompromising EP.
Review: Long before he became one of experimental electronic music's most storied artists, Matthew Herbert delivered a string of killer EPs on Phono showcasing his uniquely glitchy and off-kilter take on deep house. Happily, Herbert has finally decided to make these mid 1990s 12" singles available digitally for the first time. "Part Two", which was first released in 1996, begins with the ultra-deep thrust of "Deeper", where mutilated vocal samples and pots and pans percussion hits rise above a jazzy, U.S style deep house groove. The arguably superior "Non-Stop" is formidably sub-bass heavy, with thrillingly cut-up samples and crunchy machine drums clustering around a speaker-busting bassline. Finally, "Shuffler" is a deliciously jazzy and swinging number laden with woozy chords and the kind of fluid electric piano solos that would make Kerri Chandler cheer.
Review: Next up on UK legend Matthew Herbert's new diffusion imprint - it's all about The Drips. The compilation brings the swing and sampling of water to 'produce a soaking wet dancefloor.' Herbert himself provides some superb microhouse on the trippy "The Swamp", Cosmo Sheldrake takes a slight departure from his usual multi-instrumentalist live-looping avant-folk on the bouncy blip, blurp bleep of "Splosh" and Bahraini born, French / US bred and now Edinburgh dwelling Yann Seznec delivers the bombastic "Droplets".
Review: As 2018 begins to roll out it's safe to say that Accidental Junior are ready to make a statement of intent, hence their putting together of this fantastic EP from the Sydney-based Cassius Select. As a collection of three tracks, this EP is a great look into how creative composition can be within the bass music bracket. The title track is a great example of this, incorporating off the cuff percussive rolls combined with vibrant 808 patterns and vocal sprinklings. Next up is 'Hype Hour' which is a homage to how to rework of a vocal sample to the maximum. The project is then rounded off with the post-funky sounds of 'Shaolin Soccer' which brings together massive snare led percussive movements and subtle sub patterns.
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