Hessle Audio 黑胶唱片和CD

Review: Hot on the heels of his Cold outing earlier this month, Bristol bewitcher Batu makes his debut on Hessle and marks their first release of their 10th year of business. Timing is everything... "Marius" ripples with an insistent broken drum pattern that's coded with latent funk and dubspace while "Of Court" creates even more room between the drums while maintaining the techno pressure. "Noseme" flips for a more subaquatic session where the beats adopt a more relentless rolling formation while the groove develops more of a dubby sensation. Finally "Don't" brings us back up the surface with a soft beatless thrust. Play safely.

Review: Ah yes, it was about time that Beatrice Dillon and Call Super got into the studio together and, quite frankly, there would be no better place to house the results that London's game-defining Hessle Audio. Both artists have been close associates of the label for some time, and this collaboration feels exactly where the imprint should be at the moment - meandering effortlessly between the more experimental side of techno, and molecular shade of bass music. "Inkjet", the A-side swelter, oozes spewing beats from all corners of its glitchy, almost minimalistic framework of grey-scaled melodies and fiery, FX-laden atmposherics. On the fip, "Fluo" is a different form of construction altogether, laying the groundwork for what could become a fruitful relationship between free jazz and UK bass, where a steady 4/4 groove is brought to life by curious harmonic blends and sporadic changes of tempo. Yes to the Hessle crew!

Review: Since its release back in 2018, Pangaea's Bone Sucka EP has gone on to become an in-demand UK bass classic - hence this timely repress. If you missed out first time around, it's well worth picking up a copy of this edition. The star of the show remains breakbeat-driven A-side 'Bone Sucka', a shuffling and funky affair rich in rave style cut-up samples, creepy electronics, sharp riffs and deep but unfussy bass. Flipside 'Proxy' has a more straightforward feel, with twinkling piano lines, starry chords and bleeping lead lines rising and falling atop a dense but swinging beat. These will likely sell quickly, so act now if you want to secure a copy.

Review: After six years spent teasing and titillating with a steady stream of high value singles, David Kennedy is finally ready to release his debut full-length under the now familiar Pearson Sound alias. The first artist album to appear on the Hessle Audio imprint he co-founded with Pangaea and Ben UFO, Pearson Sound is a surprisingly sparse and otherworldly affair. Intriguingly, Kennedy's usual twisted, dubbed-out analogue rhythms largely take a back seat, with moments of tough dancefloor abandon (see "Rubber Tree" and the tipsy "Headless") playing second fiddle to stripped-back synth-scapes and otherworldly ambience. It's striking on first listen, and only gets more impressive with repeat listens.