DJ SOTOFETT 黑胶唱片和CD

Review: This latest 7" from Sex Tags Mania offshoot Amfibia is something of a family affair. It was conceived and produced to celebrate the Fett brothers' recent tour of Japan, and contains a track each from the Norwegian eccentrics. As usual, it's hard to pin down exactly what they're up to - they do have a tendency to gleefully switch between styles at will - but both tracks are superb. DJ Fett Burger's A-side contribution puts oven-warm deep house motifs and laidback jazz breaks through a dub filter, resulting in something hazy, tropical and seriously saucer-eyed. In contrast, Sotofett's flipside excursion sticks closer to the dub script, effortlessly fusing an off-kilter, bass-heavy rhythm and ricocheting percussion hits with crystalline synthesizer melodies.

Review: Last year Australia's Thug Records put out a double 12? release spilt between productions from Tevo Howard and the prolific Echovolt and Mathematics producer Simoncino; this 12" sees the latter's contributions given the extensive remix treatment from DJ Sotofett. You'd be forgiven for treating full remix EPs suspiciously, but when it's Sex Tags bossman Sotofett the remixer in question, it's a different matter entirely.. Given that Sotofett's productions run an extensive gamut of genres, it's unsurprising that his contributions to the EP of DIGGI-DUBBI-TRIPP-MIXES are so wide ranging: oddball deep house and dub seem to be the order of the game this time around. The 'slow jungle trippin' remix of "Happy" is a particular revelation!

Review: The latest missive from Sex Tags' eccentric Wania offshoot is a multi-artist affair, though as usual co-owner DJ Sotofett is in the thick of the action. On the A-side, the long-serving Norwegian producer offers up his interpretation of "Pohj", a killer cut from Finnish electro sorts Jesse. Sotofett's version is loose, dubby and loved-up, with the graf-loving DJ/producer re-casting the track into a meandering chunk of deep dancefloor hypnotism. While impressive and undoubtedly club-ready, we actually prefer the flipside ambient house bliss of Sotofett's latest hook-up with Freakout Cult artist LNS (AKA Laura Sparrow), "Soft Peak Mix". Built around sparkling, watery electronics and a relentless melody line that bobs and weaves throughout, it's a saucer-eyed chunk of horizontal brilliance.

Review: Next year sees both Tapes and DJ Sotofett debuting on Honest Jon's in one shape or another, and the pair close out 2014 with this rather fine 10" for the lesser spotted Sex Tags Amfibia operation. Those adventurous selectors out there wanting some house paced sonics laced with digidub fx will be all over Topp Tonn, and anyone that's been in the dance whilst Sotofett or Fett Burger were at the decks will probably be familiar with these two cuts. As usual with a Sex Tags release, this one is all about the curveball moments like where a killer synth line appears out of nowhere up top and leads "Topp Tonn" down a whole different path. In true dub tradition, the flipside Version scoops out the guts of the track for a skeletal riddim perfect for the early morning dancers.