Space Hardware Vinilo y CD

Review: Mysterious subversive beat/bass meddler Amduscias makes his debut with this dizzying four piece on Space Hardware. Coming on strong like a post-apocalyptic theme tune, the self-titled "Amduscias" opens with twisted technoid bubbled and strange gluey halftime beats while "She-Witch" gets its Tim Wright on with warped alien bass lasers and a mutating jacking beat. Flip for even more stark designs as "That Nonsense Beat" bends time beneath heavy warped chord blankets and "War On Venius" gets its grain on with heavily textured, switching drums and vast paranoid pads.

Review: The Splinter Foot Girl EP sees London producer Blacksmif add the Hypercolour offshoot Space Hardware label to his ever growing discography, focusing on a woozy sound that brings back fuzzy memories of the bruk movement from out West that 4Hero, Bugz et al pioneered. The title track sets the tone, as Blacksmif f*cks around with an Usher vocal hook over an invigorating lead synth to a back drop of rippling, intricate percussion. The superbly titled "Afterthoughts From A Whore House" is even better, laying down a sheen of immediately gratifying hi tech soul over taut stepping rhythms with the results sounding like James Blake's best Harmonimix work. There's a nice ruff house refix of the title track from Dexter housed on the flip too.

Review: Rewind to 2013, Deft hurls us into a sea of feels with Om'Mas Keith as "Let's Hook Up" soothes with 23rd century soul. Trappy, R&B, cracked digital ice, it still sounds like nothing else. As do these limited remixes: longstanding left-side techno experimenter Neil Landstrumm taps into his innermost cosmic ghetto-tech psyche while Vibert goes back to papa-punching Plug jungle roots. Both add new dimensions to a modern day classic. Grab them while you can.