UCSP lV - Luke Vibert & Posthuman (Balkan Vinyl)

 

Title: UCSP lV

Artist: Luke Vibert & Posthuman 

Label: Balkan Vinyl

Cat Number: BV45

Genre: Techno/Electro

1: Luke Vibert – Still In Love

2: Luke Vibert – Android Webber

3: Posthuman – Grad

4: Posthuman – Forever Circles

It’s a game of two halves Jim, but not quite in the way I expected. Yes, this is a split artist release between Posthuman and Luke Vibert, but I prefer to view it as a division between chug and breaks rather than the more obvious. That’s because ‘Android Webber’ and ‘Forever Circles’ each bounce along on their own acidic essence; aided by the type of percussion that feels deceptively simple, but is all that is needed to remain conspicuous enough to make that critical minimal difference. ‘Forever Circles’ has a little bit more bounce, bass and propulsion, while ‘Android Webber’ reigns it in slightly in order to emphasise spacial drama. ‘Grad’, on the other hand, is a more aggressive and urgent piece of electro dissonance, and ‘Still In Love’ deploys break beats wrapped around a vocal sample underpinned by multiple rave ripples. All pressed on lurid green vinyl if you’re lucky enough to get a copy, and count yourself lucky if you do, because this is a quartet to savour.