Lords Of Percussion vinyl

Close followers of Hivern's output will recognise Kresy from his contribution to the label's digitally released 2010 mini compilation Hivern A L'Estiu Vol.2, a wonderfully swampy house reworking of a famously bullet ridden rapper. As the title track from Lords Of Percussion, his full debut on the Barcelona label is quite rightly described as a "psychedelic techno monster" and it's abundantly clear the producer prefers to operate in the murkier end of the rhythmic spectrum. The track is given two finely judged remixes, with fellow Hivern artists Aster lifting the track out of the sludge into a more streamlined fizzing house track notable for the impressive amount of percussive detail and almost overbearing vocal sighing. Meanwhile Dresden figurehead Jacob Korn tightens the groove, laying down a fudgy bassline and crunchy drums before bursting into melodic life, driven by rippling keys. Kresy adds a further original production to end proceedings in the shape of the swirling, spectrally charged "Holding Space" which bristles with enough ideas to make us hope Kresy will be doing a lot more with Hivern in the future.