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2020, 12″ EP, Well Street Records.
Well Street continues to be a hotbed of innovation in the cloudy climes of contemporary UK techno, with label mainstay Loop LF returning for his third EP. The record opens in subliminal style with the restrained, heavy-stepping sideswipe of “IZ 200” before melting into “Drifting Forwards,” a richly dubbed-out dreamscape of clicking and popping percussion and sparkly chord drops with a purposeful swagger around the rhythm section. The B side kicks off with the nervy minimalist techno abstraction of “C Rota”, where sound design plays a vital role alongside cyclical rhythms in creating a truly transcendent yet strikingly sparse sound. “Mondo” closes proceedings with one of the more forthright tunes on the record, following a strident if still proudly leftfield groove that captures a little ’90s downtempo funk and gives it a cosmic, hi-def refit. – Juno