(SLM044) Bhok - Glacier EP

I know I can trust Slime Recordings to ship out solid releases of a garage-y nature, and this one by Bhok is one of the best.

Along with that absolutely SICK artwork, goes two tunes that, to me, hark back to the golden era of UKG around 1999 to 2000, especially "A-Side" Glacier, with stuttered vocal stabs and lush pads the main event here.

B-Side, All For You is a synth heavy affair and a perfect accompaniment to the opener. A solid release all round.

Grab it from JunoDownload now.

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SPD - Tunwan

Next up from the ever-impressive Slime Recordings is an EP from the Liverpool-based producer SPD.

Up first is African-inspired 'Tunwan', a soulful roller with masterfully cut vocals, smooth-as-butter sub and lush chords, all combining to give the track an energy to set it apart from its peers. This is followed by 'Leafcreche', an incredibly misleading piece of music. The initial couple of minutes would have you think that this is 'Tunwan Part II', before it gradually descends and strips itself to the bones to transform itself into a piece of raw, pulsating techno.

However, it's the closing track 'Sargent Chambers' that will appeal most to the Night Tracks demographic. It's superb, basically. A deep melancholy at the core of a track on which the drums make themselves known, but don't impose, content to flicker in and out like a moth. A composition that genuinely holds a feeling of sadness and mourning.

Out on Juno Download from May 28th and everywhere else on June 4th.

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(SLM031) Laney - Let It So

It's always a pleasure to receive promo emails from Slime Recordings, whether the release fits the Night Tracks criteria or not, but recently I received one that most certainly does, a copy of Birmingham-based Laney's new release, 'Let It So'.

 

The title track is a neon-coloured piece of more traditional UKG with excellent vocal work that will take you back to 1999 whether you were born or not, but the highlight for me is b-side, 'Old George'. 

This is a more dubbed out affair, reverb-y stabs washing back and forth over rolling tribal drums, vocals coming in only when absolutely necessary and at their most effective. Definitely one worth picking up. 

Grab it from Juno Download from May 14th.

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