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Skwirl 'Attaché Case' (Skrufix)
Berlin producer Skwirl brings a six-year production hiatus to an end in spectacular fashion with three tracks of serious heat. Difficult to pigeonhole, all three cuts exhibit touches of big beat, electro, dubstep, techno and, weirdly enough, acid jazz. ‘Attaché Case’ is a wild ride of chopping and changing drums that, at times, sounds like a cleverly constructed cut of frenzied French house. ‘Prenzlauer Bird’ touts a more lo-fi aesthetic as the track’s main synths strain under the pressure of batshit crazy percussion lines (think SebastiAn meets Siriusmo – it’s that good). ‘Two Finger Exercise’ then dials the intensity down with its synthwave motifs and space-age synths.
9/10
