Corporal Pun EP - Begg (Null+Void Recordings)

 

Title: Corporal Pun EP

Artist: Begg

Label: Null+Void Recordings

Cat Number: NUL007D

Genre: Beats & Pieces

1: Corporal Pun

2: Crackin

3: Attenzione

4: Prelect

5: Sila

There’s nothing like a release that defies easy description to get the hyperbole flowing. Having said that, although this doesn’t fit into any specific category, what Begg has produced here does have a whiff of something whimsical, a tone which has been skulking in the background for a while now but hasn’t quite gone  full blown yet. It’s the music of synthetic nursery rhymes, some of which is how ‘Bagpuss’ might have sounded if sound tracked by Delia Derbyshire. ‘Attenzione’ and ‘Prelate’ debunk this approach somewhat, taking a more upfront route, the riddim being wonkier and punchier. The title track and ‘Sila’, however, bookend the beats with a more hauntalogical feel, while ‘Crackin’ is the sound of automatons gently coming to life and running riot in a toy shop before slowly sliding back to sleep.