- Information Flash is a young, Toulouse-based producer with a predilection for jungle. He's a good fit for fledgling label Kudatah, a good source for all things uptempo. Ego Murda Sound, Information Flash's debut release, presents breaks in several different ways—vintage house, jungle, IDM, breakcore—over its nine stuffed-to-the-gills tracks. It paints a picture of a producer with endless ideas.
Ego Murda Sound is split between house on one side and spastic percussive workouts on the other. The five old-school tracks on the A-side feel anonymously trendy, and belie the imagination on the B-side. You might align their fuzzy fidelity with the likes of Ross From Friends, or you could compare them to breaky efforts from Project Pablo and PLO Man. Information Flash's personality shows in is his hummingbird-like attention span. These songs take left turns almost constantly, to the point that they become hard to follow.
"Early In The Mornin" first seems like low-slung boogie based around a rap sample, but then it morphs into decadent piano house, before the breaks come in. It's fun but disorienting, as if Information Flash couldn't figure out where to take the track (or when to stop). It makes makes the A-side feel giddy but also unfocused. The rough, ever-shifting "Concrete Bubble" is better, capturing the thrill of a rollercoaster rather than throwing everything at the wall and seeing what sticks.
Freed of the 4/4, Information Flash goes haywire on the B-side. There's "Euphoria 2K"'s nine-minute IDM flight, the atmospheric jungle of "Crystallize" and the ten-minute breakcore blitz "Garden Of Heaven." The latter, cushioned by celestial synths, is undoubtedly the highlight. "Crystallize," along with the other three tracks on the flipside, pairs retro knowledge with youthful ingenuity. It points towards a new artist still figuring out the best way to express himself, but with the energy and skills to get him there.
Tracklist01. Balearic Acid
02. Concrete Bubble
03. Early In The Mornin
04. Shape Shift
05. Nothing Lasts Forever
06. Euphoria 2K
07. Garden Of Heaven
08. Late Night
09. Crystallize