Wil Maddams - Ramshackle EP

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  • Traxx Underground is a new label from Italian producers Samann and Washerman that, to my ear, has more in common with hardcore deep house than anything overtly Italian. Blocky, splinter raw house from Kool Vibe opened the imprint's account, with new producer Wil Maddams softening the edges only slightly on his four-track contribution to the young label's canon. Shades of the rough and ready old school are never far away throughout, with only sprinkles of melodic modernity confirming these are tracks from 2012 and not two decades earlier. "Get High (I Like It)" has smeared chord stabs propped up with bumpy kicks and the sort of scraping, slinky percussion that screams US garage, while next track "Your Turn" is the least claustrophobic of the offerings, allowing the percussion to break and deep buried basslines to come to the fore. The flips mine the same unpolished, pumping house vein from slightly different perspectives. "Rip & Run" has a certain elasticity decorated with cute little chord stabs before "Your Turn" layers hi-hats, sub punches and more restless stabs on top of each other into a dense patchwork of sound that bangs satisfyingly with each beat.
  • Tracklist
      A1 Get High (I Like It) A2 Your Turn B1 Rip & Run B2 My Turn
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