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Timbah 'Slimey Makoto' EP (BAD TASTE)
Leeds-based producer Timbah has always had a knack for surprising us with his music, and these wacky, anime-themed club joins are no exception. The crunchy hydraulics and bleepy overtures of bone-rattling opening track ‘OvahxxMi’ is a good entry point to his thinking here, although it’s the brooding, low-key anxiety of second track ‘Eagles Shadow’ that really resonates with us. Laced with pitched-up sino melodies and purpley synths that cut through the noisy bass sounds like shards of glass, it packs a hell of a punch, and manages to keep us on edge for the duration. More wild bass abstraction is the flavour of the day on the title track, as Timbah signs off on an EP that makes a mockery of conventional club dynamics.
7/10
