Sex Tags Amfibia Norway 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: You can never second guess a new release from DJ Sotofett, which is precisely why he and his Sex Tags conglomerate remain such a joy to follow. When he's not tussling with house conventions solo and in partnership with other maverick club vagabonds, he's sometimes indulging his experimental side more explicitly via Sex Tags Amfibia. So it goes here on this wonderful double 7" album of plunge pool atmospheres that veer from vividly sculpted dub biomes to dislocated tonal exercises shot through with a little of that Sex Tags tongue-in-cheek behaviour. There are some truly stunning sound worlds he's crafted, condensed and cut to these modest discs, possibly presented with experimental DJs in mind but highly worthy of attentive headphone sojourns too.