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Scarper 'Warmer Squares' (Plexus)
Scarper’s new album is strictly UK business. Drenched in blissful colours, alternating tempos, ambient textures and scattered rhythms, ‘Warmer Squares’ feels like an ode to the M25 area, circa 1991. ‘Twisty’ is probably the most dancefloor-ready cut, but the solid broken grooves dancing around acid bass lines and bleeps on each of these nine thumping tracks could work any room at the right moment. The two ambient outros, meanwhile, provide a welcome break and boast arguably the best production found on the LP. Towards the end of the excellent ‘Fellow Munk’, a vocal sample from Kraftwerk reminds us that “music itself is a non-static phenomena” – a philosophy Scarper clearly abides by.
8/10
