Review: Following last year's release on Balkan Vinyl, WTCHCRFT debuts on Noise Manifesto. The release gets off to a frenetic start with "Who Put Bella In The Wych Elm", a pounding slice of hard techno. "Calma BB" sounds inspired by ghetto techno. Realised over a high-octane, shuffling groove, it features intense percussive shuffles and a looped vocal sample. There's a similar approach on "Back Surgery", with doubled up claps and a ponderous vocal loop unravelling over a high-speed, jacking groove. "If Anything Bad Ever Happens" is more in keeping with the prevailing sound on Paula Temple's label - a heads-down industrial banger, powered by visceral drums and featuring dystopian one-note riffs.
Review: The second split release on Paula Temple's new label is again shaped by its unusual, experimental approach. The four producers involved -the Noise Manifesto boss herself - Sos Gunver Ryberg, Aisha Devi and former Sandwell District operative Rrose, have created an individual track collated from a pool of their samples. Each production, four in total, is credited to all four artists. "DR2-1" starts the release and is led by hammering broken beats, bursts of white noise and ghoulish shrieks. Not much changes on "DR2-2", except that the rhythm is more buckled - the same ghostly sound scapes filter up to the top, like mist rising over a lake. "DR2-3" is a linear affair, following a layered, hypnotic approach that focuses squarely on the dance floor. Finishing off this second installment is the expansive "DR2-4", where a fragile vocal unfolds over punishing break beats - like Lamb jamming with Demdike Stare.
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