Jezebell - Weekend Machines EP (Ransome Note Records)

 

Title: Weekend Machines EP 

Artist: Jezebell 

Label: Ransome Note Records

Cat Number: R$N45

Genre: Italo Chug (Really!)

1: Weekend Machines

2: Autostrada

3: Citric

4: Weekend Machines (Shubostar Remix)

After having found out about Jezebell via the excellent ‘Jezebell Beats Vol. 1’, and duly snaffled that up, I was more than a little pleased to have ‘Weekend Machines’ drop into my inbox unsolicited. And it does’t disappoint. The title track is an angular piece of concave funk. Metallic overlays and an all important disembodied vocal sample that floats in and out of focus are the all important elements that constitute it. ‘Autostrada’ is up next, and there’s a similar “popcorn” style noise to that used in ‘Weekend Machines’  underlaying it. It also has a rather reassuring phased buzzsaw feel to it. (Don’t ask me. I know what I mean.) ‘Citric’ is a departure from the preceding two tunes. And the jury’s still deliberating. It’s got handclaps, a nice bassline, but sounds a little too bubblegum for me right now. The Shubostar remix of the title track on the other hand, adds more flesh to the original’s bones. The result is a fuller, more symphonic piece with a synth line that sounds dangerously similar to Moby’s ‘Go’. Which is nice.