Knock Motion EP - Rene Wise (Blueprint)

 

Title: Knock Motion EP 

Artist: Rene Wise

Label: Blueprint

Cat Number: BP065

Genre: Techno

A1: Shaman Whistle

A2: Don’t Care

B1: Frown Like Brown

B2: Knock Motion

If you like your techno looped and with attention to the beats, then this EP from Rene Wise comes highly recommended. The four tracks here don’t break any new ground, but they do incorporate a healthy attention to detail which adds a nice edge. Both ‘Shaman Whistle’ and ‘Knock Motion’ are elevated by the inclusion of added decisive layer: in the former it sounds like a startled cat, the latter is presumably the titular shaman’s whistle. ‘Don’t Care’ is centred on a funky shuffling drum which underpins a deadpan vocal sample adding a sort of flat intensity, (if that makes any sense). And ‘Frown Like Brown’ is a tracky flanger, which has me in mind of some vintage DJ Sneak on Relief. All aboard!