- Having impressed on Skudge Remixes Part 1 back in 2010, new school Detroiter Jared Wilson is now the latest artist to be championed by the Swedish techno duo's sister label, Skudge Presents. Each of the EP's four tracks are given an entire side of 180g vinyl, and feature more of the label's heavy-duty techno, but this time with an acidic twist.
"A Little Midnight Dancing" starts things with suitable intensity, with a timeless female vocal sample over warbling 303s and a constantly mutating frame of piercing highs and gunshot kicks. Wilson's penchant for percussive variance offsets the acute repetitiveness of the outer layers, keeping the track buoyant. True to its title, "Grave Stalking" treads much eerier terrain. Subaquatic synths rise from the depths and take on a life of their own. The result is nothing short of deeply hypnotic.
"Hastings '95" is the most obviously tailored to the dance floor, with electrifying 303s laid over a galloping groove. Old school electro soon creeps into view, with elongated slabs of synth further compounding the track's agitated aesthetic. Classic samples resurface on "Detroit Tracks 1," with Loleatta Holloway's "Take Me Away" refrain helping further augment the record's fervent, tortured soul. It'd be easy to dismiss the track's sonic make-up as stock and exhausted, but upon closer inspection it represents some of the most creative manipulation of the 303 anywhere in Wilson's back-catalogue.
Tracklist A A Little Moonlight Dancing
B Grave Stalking
C Hastings '95
D Detroit Track 1 (Analog Mix)