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October: 8 bass releases you need to hear this month
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Lanark Artefax 'Glasz' (UIQ)
Lee Gamble’s UIQ label has been consistently adventurous in its abstracted club signings, and 22 year-old Glaswegian Lanark Artefax is more proof of that. The press release cites Autechre and Gamble himself as reference points, and those are useful artists to help tune your ears here: Artefax has a slippery way with beats that comes straight from the former's playbook, although his sound palette is probably closer overall to the latter. ‘Glasz’ is only five tracks and 20 minutes long, but it’s a meaty release that bears many multiple listens. While it’s clearly experimental music, there’s an innate funk and allegiance to the dancefloor to hold onto. If that weren’t enough, he manages to convey some emotion and a different mood or two as well. It’s an impressive debut.
8/10
