Club Djembe Vol.1
The track selection and arrangement of this EP are great, amplified by the expectation that any sort of collection like this is usually a bunch of disconnected songs.
Smoove Kriminal – Benimussa Bass EP
Both light and dark, it feels like you’re traveling through a tunnel, headlights and fluorescents streaming by. It’s up to you if you’re looking forward or back.
DJ Whitecoat & Jae Elle – Riddim (DJ Polo Remix)
Little effects and ambiance, forward and backward, create and release tension like a yo-yo.
Cocktail Party Effect – Shattered Retina EP
It’s dark and brooding but somehow warm and calming at the same time, like thunder rolling in. This whole EP is certainly not for the faint of heart but is expertly crafted, and well worth the listen.
Taso & Siete Catorce – Grandes Exitos
Then water drops, intimate hand drums, and the blips and squawks evolve. It’s a terrifying, compelling listen.
Wilson Kentura – Burn the Floor
“Burn the Floor” is a wide-open plain, drawn in Tron-like dayglo lines. The space is filled with beat and simple melodic tone that fits together, exquisitely.
Simo Cell & Peter Van Hoesen – Sans Titre EP 02
I’d love to hear this coming through the trees at night. Maybe without the robots.
Yak – Umbra / Kaepora
With headphones on, one could picture bees and dragonflies playing over a bed of flowers.
TC4 – Lobos
One of the more satisfying riddims I’ve heard in a while. This is the epitome of a producer seeing an idea through.