Review: Facta, the boss of Wisdom Teeth, returns with a fresh set of unique FM house tracks that blend familiar '00s house vibes with cosmic FM stabs and drones. "A X I S" stands out with its refined sound, tested on the dancefloor to ensure it connects with fans of recent Fever AM releases. "Brain Drain" offers a slower, psychedelic touch, while "Innsbruck" wraps up the EP with a lively speed garage bassline and bright keys. This versatile release has something for everyone.
Review: Since their label inception back in 2018, the team over at Wisdom Teeth have done a great job at both cultivating and innovative forward thinking electronic music, with their roster featuring a number of true veterans of the game. This latest compilation takes the title 'Club Moss' and sees them assemble 14 fiery original creations, featuring the likes of Facta, K-Lone, Maya Q, LUXE, Purelink and more, all of whomst deliver naught but quality in their chosen creations. For us, despite this being a longer project, there are two clear standout recordings, the first of which is of course Cousin's atmospheric drifter in 'Tooth 4 Tooth' which gives us a spacious, exploratory feel. Alongside this, the moogy sub bounces of Tammo Hesselink's 'Cupboard Cylinder Salon' original also tops the list for us, showcasing the variation of styles that sits within the Wisdom Teeth camp.
Review: Whenever we see a new combination release from K-LONE we know the anticipation is going to be high, especially when in collaboration with the wonderful Wisdom Teeth team who continue to impress. This tidy two-tracker is a tasty look into the modern musical mind of K-LONE, opening up with the subtle subby thuds and groovy drum skips of 'Balloons' for a stripped back yet hard hitting introduction. On the flip to this, another vibrant bubbler in 'Bubble Trouble', a solid B-side that packs another soulful punch, this time exploring a more spacious atmosphere with catchy synth tweaks to match. Very tidy indeed!
Review: Will Hofbauer has once again delivered a truly unique sonic experience for the Wisdom Teeth collective, unloading four tracks of breaks-inspired creativity. We open up our adventure with 'Hiccups', a crunchy drumified slingshot, driven by spooky atmospherics and quivering moogy subslines, before 'Substracting The Egg' gives us a shaker driven scrape through percussive abstraction. The title track 'The Shovel Is A Shovel Was A Shovel' then gives us another avenue of weirdness to explore, unloading 4x4 rhythms and purposefully dissonant synth pulses, before 'Crow' gives us the last dash of magic we need to close the EP off with a splash with it's hard hitting percussion and unique approach to rhythm. Lovely stuff!
Review: Pressure Dome's Yussh gets busy with her debut EP on Wisdom Teeth. Flexing fully across four tracks, her signature fusion of breakbeat, bass, jungle and club hits the spot in true Bristol brutalist fashion. 'Look Mum No Hands' eases us in with a dreamy, spacious halftime trip while the recent single 'Same Same' continues to keep the subtle sense of chill with its floating chords and slinky percussion. Elsewhere 'Close Fall' sounds like it could have come from the desk of Kid Drama and dBridge's Autonomic HQ while 'Self Conscious' closes on a deep space cosmic jungle/techno hybrid. No hands, no fear.
Review: Following a run of impressive releases on Manchester's Bakk Heia Records, Welsh producer Jorg Kuning is back this week with a new one for Facta & K-Lone's Wisdom Teeth imprint. "Chosta-del-sol" is a deeply tripped-out tech groove that makes perfect tackle for the afterhours, while the low slung acid wobble of "Ex-tensor" is equally made for getting weird on the dancefloor. Plus, there's the mandatory off-kilter UK bass effort of course, which comes in the form of closing cut "TB-SB".
Review: UK label Wisdom Teeth closes out the year with a double header from label heads Facta and K-LONE. Having stepped back into understated territory on his debut LP, Blush, "In Bloom" sees Facta return to the dancefloor. The wonky, bouncy and downright hypnotic groove of "C Sequence" is undoubtedly house music at its core, yet with a nice twist on it. Second offering, the title track, slows down to a dubby stomp, with a reversed synth melody underpinned by a monster sub bass.
Review: The UK's Wisdom Teeth closes out 2021 with a fresh four-track from K-LONE that takes in variations of Baltimore club, UKG, dubstep and a touch of digi-microhouse to be found in feel-good banger, "Airtight". With soft, sweet and atmospheric steppers helping to build "Softie", "Deluxe" turns towards floating and sustained house chords that counterbalance the vampire dubs of its Bristol-inspired bassline. The title track, though, sees Baltimore club all up in the place with stuttering percussion, looped and detuned vocals alongside atmospheric dispersions of sound that sweetly transition into hisses of noise floor and house music bliss.
Review: The Wisdom Teeth A&R squad are always keen to bring together the most forward thinking sounds, with this new four tracker from Sputnik One being a homage to that ideal. We begin with the acidic flutters and delicate drum processing of 'Microbead' which pushes forward with some siren-like synth pulses and a generally eerie vibe, before the percussive perfection of 'Love From Above' gives us an emotive and completely unique harmonic design. From here we then stray into the realms of footwork as the high energy drum tickles and subtle vocal slices of 'Michael Cera' give us a whole new direction, before rounding off tidyly on the again percussion-lead melodies of 'Powder', putting the finishing touches on a top quality body of work.
Review: Enigmatic before he even knows it, Leeds producer IGLEW appears out of nowhere to give Wisdom Teeth a follow up to Fact's Blush LP. Known so far for the one trip on Gobstopper Records in 2015, IGLEW, some six years later, returns with the hopeful chords, summer keys and subtle dubs of Light Armour. Plunging into slow-mo, deep and diluted house music in "Gold" - as if mimicking an obtuse Ben Klock classic "Gold Rush" - even sparser grooves, subs and percussion come through "Microfunk Lament". Never treading too far off course and into dark territory, "Light Armour" pitches new age synth music with future instrumental pop, helping facilitate "Hawksworth Woods" as an interlude into the arpeggios and hazey ecstasy of "Caffeine Dream".
Review: Like many artists, Oscar Henson AKA Facta channelled the restlessness he felt during the early days of the UK Coronavirus lockdown into creative endeavours, and specifically making new music. The result is Blush, his belated debut album. It's a slim, on-point affair, with Henson utilising the long-playing format to fuse his usual meaty sub bass and off-kilter rhythms with plenty of pretty melodies, colourful electronic flourishes and nods towards a wide variety of styles (Balearica, folk, ambient and the rainbow-hued, loved-up synthesizer textures of turn-of-the-90s Italian dream house, though not the associated house beats). It's a genuine recipe for success, with the numerous highlights including - but in no way limited to - the sub-heavy, sun-kissed breeziness of 'On Deck', the immersive and kaleidoscopic loveliness of 'Verge', and Parris collaboration 'Diving Birds'.
Review: Wisdom Teeth label head Oscar Henson, better known as Facta, rounds off the year with a two part ode to the dancefloor here on the label's 17th release, pitting house and 2-step beats against warping synths in the tradition of Errorsmith and Mark Fell. The Bristol-based producer is on-point here as always: from the reduced and hypnotic swing of "Doves" which will have massive crossover appeal, and is perfect for getting weird during the morning hours. This is followed by the off-kilter, FM tonal bliss of "MPH" which is even more introspective but keeps you locked into its groove with some massive bass pulsations.
Review: Undeniably one of the UK's most creative, original and unique club-music artists right now is Parris, a producer whose meteoric rise has come through labels like Tempa, Idle Hands and the Trilogy Tapes, to Rubadub, and now, as clear as day, Wisdom Teeth! Keeping deep in the murk and space echo dub is the dusty and lo-fi atmospherics of "Soft Rocks With Socks" that resonates with a true Upsetters vibe. With a house groove introduced after its nebulous start, a mellow wave of textural synth is blissed-out and vamped over a sweet and thoroughly enjoyable five minutes. "Sabor A Ceniza" sees some post-garage vocal samples make it into a mix of 909s, uptempo percussion and woozy, filter bubble synths. And like he did with Call Super on last year's CANUFEELTHESUNONYRBACK collaboration, Parris teams up with fellow experimentalist and beatmaker, Minor Science, with the striped back and boiled down steam funk of "Terrapin".
Review: The consistency of Wisdom Teeth really is something to behold as they bring us this stunning six track experience from Shielding under the LP title 'Collecting Seaweed'. Right from the off we are greeted by the stunning pad structures of 'Dunsta', organic percussion and flickering melodies of 'Grass Snow Rain' and constantly expanding soundscapes of 'Mossa' to give us an instant feeling of finesse. From here, the minimal drums and sweeping synth expressions of 'Reserv' keep the good vibes going, followed by groovy rhythms of 'Timekeeper' and finally the outstanding harmonic arrangements of '111 Ways' which provides us with a synthetic experience to see out a phenomenal body of work. Amazing!
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