Wednesday, April 27, 2022

3D World EP - Stephen Brown & Fossil Archive (Fossil Archive)

 


Title: 3D World EP 

Artist: Stephen Brown & Fossil Archive 

Label: Fossil Archive

Cat Number: FAUK012

Genre: Techno


01: Control C

02: 3D World

03: More House

04: Travel


Get your techno trousers on for this one lads. However, while doing so, keep in mind that it’s not all banging four to the floor attack beats. Within these grooves there is much subtlety and imagination. Stephen Brown, an artist from north of the border whose output should be an essential element of every machine funk collection, teams up Fossil Archive, aka Roberto, for a quartet that oozes depth and class. ‘Travel’ is an understated gem. All suppressed power, it never quite lets rip throughout its length, and that’s its attraction. ‘More House’ sounds a little like ‘Wax 10001 B’, which is no bad thing as it’s one of my favourite tracks by Shed and brings back fond memories of me playing it to a completely battered dance floor. ‘3D World’ is a power pummel alongside wispy, stellar synth lines and  gurgling bass, and ‘Control C’ is minimal sonar bleep inspired funk. Lovely stuff.

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