A new venture for Big Hands, under the moniker Andrea Ottomani, resuming his partnership with trumpeter Abraham Parker.
Trialled triumphantly in recent live shows, the opener comes good on the promise of the duo’s triumphant debut for Trule: gliding, hypnotic, and moody, with rueful, burnished brass interjections riding dubwise steppers.
Then a pair of distressed, halftempo d&b rhythms: a call to arms, and a troubled circling of the wagons. Waltz For Matis winds up proceedings with a deep, spooked Fourth World excursion, with skittering marimba.
Another ace EP.
Fresh, funky and expertly percussive, troubled but warmly engaging — a trio of upful, atmospheric house excursions to mark the debut of this collaboration between Bristol luminaries.
‘Planet Spanner itself is acid-edged, with radiant chords, layers of rolling percussion and psychotropic FX unfurling from a nasty bassline. Things go deeper on the flip in two solo productions, moody and dubbed-out, with tough drums.’
Hand-stamped, in silk-screened sleeves.
Deep Street round three.
A top-notch footwork compilation; easily the best intro around.
Murder.
Gritty T++ action — twitching and itching, propulsive and dread — with Gavsborg from Equiknoxx at the mic, sounding sexually fucked.
Ace dub, too.
With Ekoplekz and Andres mixes.
Two deep half-steppers; both killer.
An ‘electro-acoustic’ approach to UK Garage, allternately banging and evasive, teeming with detail.
Twenty-three tracks, including four new exclusives and plenty of hard-to-find vinyl-specials: Floating Points, Fatima, Funkineven, Shuanise, Mizz Beats, Arp 101, Gifted And Blessed…
‘A psychedelic voyage into the afterlife’, with Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, Herbie Hancock, Thundercat… The 4LP set adds the instrumentals, all on 180g vinyl in printed inner sleeves, outer sleeves and rigid box and lid, with a download code card.
Two half-tempo IDM dubs; their signature FV transitoriness consolidated by two heavy remixes.
Valentino Mora carves out peak-time techno weaponry; Notte Infinita turns in a high-tech, sub-heavy roller. Woofers gonna woof.