Sunday, August 18, 2019

Plastic Entertainment - Alfie (Outer Zone)



Title: Plastic Entertainment
Artist: Alfie
Label: Outer Zone
Cat Number: OUZ03
Genre: Techno

A1: Coasting
A2: Jaded Dream
B1: Return to Planet E
B2: The Escapist

An alias of The Burrell Connection; Alfie releases on La Cheetah Club’s in house label and manages to create a temporal autonomous zone within which a heady, dense concoction of incantatory electronica resides. This is a smashing EP, full of variety and depth. There are so many tones and textures overlaid within each track that it feels futile to go into detail on each. So I’ll summarise by saying that this is one of the best releases I’ve heard all year. From the dense, otherworldy vibes of ‘Coasting’, to the break beat casbar ambience of ‘The Escapist’, interrupted by the bottom heavy urgent electro of ‘Jaded Dreams’ and ‘Return to Planet E’ (s) fleet-footed solar sleight of hand, this is bang on the money. 

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