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2023, 12″ EP, 030303.
Long-serving rave revivalist The Jaffa Kid (real name Daniel Pringle) is scarily prolific. He’s seemingly able to conjure up acid-fired breakbeat and techno bangers seemingly at will. Here he returns to the mighty 030303 imprint with a speedy sequel to his 2020 mini-album Polysynthesis. He begins with a chunk of trance-inducing, spacey techno excellence – the gorgeous, ethereal and life-affirming hypnotism of ‘Amazon’ – before doffing a cap to classic 1990s IDM on ‘Drum Mode’. ‘In The Morning’ sounds like a melodic techno head’s take on Deep Dish classic ‘Stay Gold’ (that’s a good thing, by the way), ‘Etafe’ is a dreamy breakbeat house treat, and ‘Rudiman’ is an immersive, ear-catching slab of 90s drum & bass revivalism with added ambient melodies and deep space chords. – Juno
