Smoke & Mirrors - (3:22) 138 BPM
Drifting - (8:35) 121 BPM
Back 2 Bass - (7:13)
124 BPM Harcourt Street - (8:36) 120 BPM
Inceptions - (6:30) 123 BPM
Klout & Bones - (6:52) 121 BPM
The Enemy (feat Felix Da Housecat) - (6:33) 122 BPM
Remember - (8:23) 124 BPM
Stanleys - (7:21) 124 BPM
The Resort - (6:26) 123 BPM
Strings For Life - (6:08) 120 BPM
Review: After a string of high-profile releases for Richie Hawtin's Minus, Gavin Lynch aka Matador delivers a new album for Ruckus. It sounds like the Irish producer has matured as a producer. At times, Ructions seethes with an understated menace. This is evident on "Drifting", a drawn out groove with menacing bass pulsing underneath. "Back 2 Bass" follows a similar trajectory, augmented by a repetitive vocal sample and sirens firing off into the ether. There is still a lot of big-room style tracks - just check the ominous "Inceptions" and the heads-down pulses "Klout & Bones" - but this album works best when Lynch explores unexpected directions, like the subtle, sub-aquatic house of "Harcourt Street".
from $1.89RUKUS 002
25 Apr 16
Minimal/Tech House