tracklisting : repeat offender, knights bishop, intra, less acid

 

starting off 2007 with a cracking ep, sheffields dust science label come out of their temporary state of hibernation with intensions of a full action packed year, and if this ep is a guage of their forthcoming quality, all i can say is bring it on.

the press release brands these tracks as tech-house which i can’t really vouch for on as all these micro genres seems to have invisible boundaries with negligible differences in the various flavours of the month. you see before i read the press release i just said ‘damn thats some fine old school detroit styled ambient techno’.

so there you have it, lee graves (as his mum knows him) has crafted four rather wonderful tracks that evoke the same future world neon lit beauty that you used to get from the likes of b12 and of course label mates the black dog, and in my book that’s a bloody good thing.

opener repeat offender has a more urgent uptempo attitude in its beat, and with the use of distorted found vocals comes over as a bastardised collaboration between cabaret voltaire (in their chicago house days), and the chart topping inner city, the association is all about the choice of the sounds that are utilised, when you hear this track you’ll see what i mean.

chess fans will baffle as to the connection between the hard clinical beats of knights bishop and their love of the game, but, as is often the case in techno, track titles bear no relation to the sonics unless chess players have a passion for wired technology based music while plotting their next defence/attack strategies.

the second half of the ep delves deeper in the ambience, intra with its fat warm echoed production and a subtle dub vibe, and less acid stripping away the layers to a bare minimal detail but still maintaining the desire for melodic beauty.

all in all this is excellent machine music aimed for the heads and the feet. in other words, top quality ambient techno, sorry tech-house.

 

more detail : here