Review: Wallace's first outing on Rhythm Section International was genuinely brilliant, so hopes are naturally high for the rising star's sequel. Check first deep, dubby and driving title track 'Papertrip', where echoing, dub techno style motifs, restless piano riffs and infectious hand percussion hits rise above a kick-drum-driven beat and a jazzy bassline, before admiring the ragga vocal-sampling speed garage revivalism of 'BB' (note the nods to mid-90s MK and a genuinely weighty bassline). 'The Function' joins the dots between skippy US garage rhythms and ultra-deep, dubbed-out house, while 'Backwaters' adds sunrise-ready sounds and psychedelic electronics to another deep, skippy and sub-heavy house groove.
Review: Manchester musician Hidden Spheres has always been hard to pigeonhole, with his occasional EPs for Rhythm Section International often being amongst his most eclectic, all-action releases. While this return to Bradley Zero's label is rooted in the floor-filling potential of house, there's still a lot of variety on show. He excels on lead cut 'Tanzen', which is available in three forms: the breezy piano-sporting, summery, analogue-rich deep house gem that is the spine-tingling club mix; the sweat-soaked, sub-heavy jack-track that is the 'Mate mix'; and a nostalgic, hands-raised acid house take courtesy of Paula Tape. Elsewhere, he opts for weighty sub-bass, looped stabs and vintage turn-of-the-90s deep house vibes on 'Mind Over Mate' and reaches for sparse electro-not-electro beats on the early morning brilliance of 'Not Of This World'.
Review: Rhythm Section boss Bradley Zero has long been championing the work of Jimmy Wallace, a producer of ten years standing who has only just started releasing music. It makes perfect sense, then, that Zero has decided to showcase some of Wallace's killer cuts on his label. 'Riples' is a genuinely impressive mini-album all told, with Wallace confidently striding between bold, sub-heavy peak-time house ('Breaking Up'), rave-igniting, near techno-tempo insanity (the sweat-soaked excellence of 'Room 1'), UK bass-influenced early morning hedonism ('Pump Up The Volume'), tech-tinged, melody-rich dancefloor minimalism (the bright and breezy 'Cenotes'), ultra-deep haziness ('Shanghai Street') and new age ambient bliss ('Rain').
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