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Fhloston Paradigm 'AFTER...' (KingBrittArchives)
A second LP from King Britt’s Fhloston Paradigm project, ‘AFTER…’ follows the Hyperdub-released ‘The Phoenix’. This one is out on his own KingBrittArchives label, carrying on the legacy of an artist working his way through from neo soul and house/techno beginnings into an analogue and modular synth project with contributions from Natasha Kmeto, Ryat and Nosaj Thing, among others. “... LIFE” features gorgeous rhythmic chanting and the soft scat of Alexa Barchini, which is improvised against cosmic modulations. The rage of hardcore poet Moor Mother on ‘...ALL’, meanwhile, is felt less in her indistinguishable words and more in the way the sonic manipulations pull at her vocal, making it seem like a fragile object at the centre of a storm. S Kretowicz
7/10
