Juno Recommends Bass: April 2022

Review: The awesome anonymous concept of Unknown-Untitled continues with the mysterious UK crew's 003 release. As with the previous dispatches, no details are supplied whatsoever until the wax is in your hands. In good time the world will know who's responsible for the beats on this. But not before the music gets the full focus and spotlight it deserves. Three bubblers here; 'Track 1' is a steppy 23rd century dub piece, 'Track 2' flips for a sunny side soul-out while 'Track 3' twists out melons with off-grid kicks and wonderful Orbitalesque synth splashes. Unknown but never unpleasant.

Review: Following last year's Kiwi Synthesis Diary comes the debut vinyl release from Gestural Electronic Music boss / NTS host Gigi FM. Like her sets it's a broad spread of flavours, all with full floor focus and hefty helpings of bass low end. 'Senstronaut' is a cosmic moment of elastic breaks, 'Manas' is a thumping slab of techno while 'Ketu's Dance' retains the high energy flavours but with strong shades of psy in the mix, too. 'Tear Drops' finishes the release on a downtempo moment of heavy reflection.