Vewie - Music For Hiding EP (Mixcult)

 

Title: Music For Hiding EP

Artist: Vewie

Label: Mixcult

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Genre: Sonic Gossamer

01: Hide

02: Always Now

03: Behind

I nabbed this release last month by way of a freebie. Blackinstock is a subdivision of Mixcult. I came across both of these labels via Bandcamp and, consequently, was sent a free download code for this release to mark the fact that Blackinstock is a few releases old. I’m lazily calling it dub techno. However, even though those elements are present here and there, it’s not really that. There is a feeling that the tracks on this release are wrapped in cotton wool, a strain of dub muslin which allows some sounds to permeate more clearly than others.’Hide’ a broken beat/ambient excursion sets the tone, and leads into ‘Always Now’, which is the only track of the three that is recognisably dub techno, in asmuch as it generally conforms to the genre’s stereotypes regarding beat pattern, and so on. ‘Behind’ is cuut from a similar cloth, but utilises break beats instead of the more linear approach of ‘Always Now’. It’s a well put together release that builds in momentum throughout, and contains three quite different approaches, the only pathetic misgiving I have is that the tracks could have been longer and more developed.