MAIN PHASE / TALONS - Attenuation EP Rotating AssemblyFresh Tempa slammings from two resident artists, Main Phase and Talons, evidencing well honed 'Seismic Sense' as the track title says. Main Phase, from Copenhagen, makes his debut here after an onslaught of releases on ec2a, Hardline and Timeisnow; Talons is a relatively shadowier face, one whom we're not sure isn't an invention of Main Phase himself. After the joint First Touch Archives they released last, the pair continue the dark and minimal
Expect a refined collection of club-focused cuts
Ventris and Vestras pivot into simpler squints with reverse strings and held minor seconds
rhythmically complex steppers with deep
soft-skanking 1982 cover of Frida's 'I See Red' with her own lyrics
while Korea Town's Acid interpretation is darker and tougher
Refracted delivers a masterclass in hypnotic depth with the Meta EP on Sublunar Italy
Hebden's latest outing is a masterclass in organic synthesis
a four-track 12-inch EP on Image Recordings that balances hypnotic grooves with raw
Sacred Rhythm chief Joaquin 'Joe' Claussell delivers two killer interpretations of 'Pharoahs Message'
razor-and-tape edits of BT Express and George Duke classics
atmospheric folktales
soul-infused Motor City techno heat