Label: Blueprint
Cat Number: BP057
Genre: Techno
A1: PR1
A2: OCS
B1: TKN
In spite of its name, this latest offering on James Ruskin’s evergreen Blueprint feels anything but spontaneous. Expectation often ruins joint ventures like these, but this collaboration is both raw and oozing class. The four tracks have reductive titles which all sound like the serial numbers of particularly deadly weapons, which is nice for that is indeed what this collection of loops of fury are. I wouldn’t say there are any stand out moments here, rather the whole listening experience is a hypnotic funk-filled abattoir from start to finish. Cymbals cut through the air like carving knives, kick drums thud into the heavens and there is such an abundance of synth play and acid squelch to keep any beat junkie happy. ‘OCS’ is perhaps the tune where it all comes together best; an undulating, visceral, bass-driven syncopated throb which Fred Astaire would be throwing shapes to if he were transplanted into the modern dance consciousness.
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