Review: Mr G goes full alien in 2020 with the Extraordinary Abilities EP; a six pack beaming down all the necessary rhythms and drums tracks you would want from the man. All roads lead to the thudding beats of "Late Nite @ Montecello" with its titillating vocal hooks and flexed basslines mirrored by a dubbed out version in "Gathering NYC". Warm basslines and familiar no-nonsense kick drums are the name of the game in "The Made" with stepping breaks and club basslines ruling the day in "Embassy". Jazzed up ambient house interludes in "SoundBath@The Loft" with more beatless cosmiq in the otherworldly "LDBPT3". Phone Home.
Review: Mr G's latest high quality outing was made in cahoots with fellow British techno veteran Duncan Forbes, a friend and former Spooky member (alongside Sasha's go-to engineer Charlie May). Forbes offers up two fresh reworks of Mr G Cuts: a rolling, drum-laden deep house take on "Hip-Shaker" rich in hand percussion, hazy female vocal samples and spacey electronic motifs, and a fuzzy, mid-tempo revision of "Flex D's" that peppers a druggy groove with spacey electro synths and eyebrow-raising French spoken word snippets. Best of all, though, is the duo's collaborative studio jam "D&G Throwdown", a deep but percussively pulverizing techno stomper that benefits greatly from hazy riffs, echoing percussion hits and mind-altering sub-bass thrusts.
Review: Techno legend Colin McBean aka Mr G presents to us young Birmingham producer Jayson Wynters and what a debut this is! Starting out with the minimal and atmospheric dustiness of "Momentum" that's reminiscent of Fred P's finer moments, he gets stuck in with "Unfamiliar Territory" which explores the soulful techno sounds of early 90's Detroit; very nice indeed. On the flip he delves deeper with the bumpy yet emotive "Science" while "More" hammers the message home in even more emotional and bittersweet fashion, calling to mind the classic sound of Prescription Records. Tip!
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