- Mathew Jonson, Danuel Tate, Tyger Dhula and Colin de la Plante are back as Modern Deep Left Quartet—but nothing too dramatic has changed in the Canadian quartet's quirky approach to techno. Lead track "Ditch Pig" is the EP's most traditional dance floor moment, although it's by no means straightforward. It has a bubbling pot of parping brass and piercing synths, while an oscillating bassline moves almost absent-mindedly up and down.
If the title of "Harry The Käse Man" suggests something a little more left of centre, you won't be disappointed. Far from being cheesy, it's difficult to not be lured in by the lurching, Afro-Caribbean rhythm that paces its length. It's the sort of idiosyncratic dance track that you could imagine Andrew Weatherall creating in his Sabres Of Paradise guise. "Silent Samba" is the most jazz-centric of the three tracks, a six-minute improv spiralling around a syncopated organ and pitted with synth quacks and tic-like percussion.
TracklistA Ditch Pig
B Harry The Kase Man
B2 Silent Samba