- There's nothing flashy about this EP from BassDee and Hidden Hawaii co-owner Felix K. Compared to some of the label's ghostly dance reductions, these smoky dub techno compositions are pretty safe, working with a classic sound palette and a patient, linear logic. But the sounds are carefully deployed, and that logic rigorously applied, and, after starting from an unassuming place, each track has you fully in its grip by the two-thirds mark.
Running to nine-odd minutes, the A1 travels the furthest. It begins at an aimless trudge, all air-con drones and sultry bass, before slowly finding silky dub techno bliss. The other two originals go deeper, echoing Rhythm & Sound at their hiss-cloaked best. The grooves are top-heavy—kick drums hitting once per bar, hi-hats ticking steadily above—and the basslines play a thoughtful call-and-response with svelte chord patterns. (The B1 just about trumps the A2, thanks to its moody Rhodes solo.) Felix rounds things off with a remix as Stone Edge, an alias that has previously released with Dystopian. His "Reinterpretation" is still an extended techno cut, but it shifts the focus away from dub impressionism and towards a sharper interplay between percussion loops and blasts of sampled static.
TracklistA1 Untitled
A2 Untitled
B1 Untitled
B2 Untitled (Stone Edge Reinterpretation)