“This is some intense stuff coming at you from the speakers.
And when served dark, dirty and foreboding soundscapes and wicked hard hitting syncopated rhythms you either go with the flow and enjoy the ride or pussyfoot sideways out of the room.
Me, i just crank up the volume.
Highly recommended. Favorite track: dvbarthr_utncu_tys.”
UAN0016rr
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Boomkat
“The latest set from SM-LL's ace UAN series is a granulated throb of euphoric pads, gearbox noise and blown-out kicks that alternates between Vladislav Delay's smudgy dub and The Bug's soundsystem-punishing bass distortions.
We've no idea who this one might have been sculpted by, but it sounds like someone who's been doing it for a while, if you know what we mean? 'dalbleythrca-cutss' boots us off with a burst of glitches and flickering kicks that roll through clouds and mucky industrial scrapes, picking up additional crunches as they go. Mid-way through, it cracks into heady, back-room euphoria, sounding directly in line with Sasu Ripatti's recent run of Vladislav Delay EPs.
But the EP switches gears dramatically on 'dvbarthr-utncu-tys', centering a smashed post-'Yeezus' beat that's far closer to The Bug or Shapednoise. Melodic content is thin on the ground here, but the little pads we're given usher us towards Autechre's 'Chiastic Slide'/'Envane' period, and that should be all the prompt you need to take a peep. Then we're treated to the 13-minute 'vblemsrxxtnrp-roty', a Pan Sonic-like grind of grotesque feedback and analogue distortion that sounds a bit like if the world ended while you were dissociating. Air raid sirens, exoskeleton zaps and concertina kicks? We're fucking sold.”
Finn of Tomland
Zachary Lannes
“I bought this asap so I could leave a review before the great Finn of Tomland”