Terra 589 - Atrice (Ozelot)

 

Title: Terra 589

Artist: Atrice

Label: Ozelot

Cat Number: Ozelot 007

Genre: Breaks

1: Invertebrate

2: Amphibia

3: Chordata

4: Tetrapoda

5: Speedlink

With a track list that, for the most part reads like and evolutionary flow chart, Atrice gives us a release that shows off a range of breaks and a variety of beats. Whether by accident or design, what we have here could be marking faunal percussive development, or maybe no such thing. Whatever the case, the sounds assembled herein, no matter how conceptual, are consolidated by a symphonic foundation of sorts which offers cohesion when this may seem unlikely. There is also a solidity about the beats. All of the tracks except ‘Speedlink’, which brings things to a close in a skippy, ephemeral way, are characterised by a robust flexibility that wears off a little in ‘Tetrapoda’ having evolved with exponential grace up to that point.