Andy Stott

First new twelve from Andy Stott in over a year, and it's a goodun. ''Brief
Balearic influence in here somewhere, a melodic core that lives in the same
universe as the Art of Noise's masterpiece ''Moments in Love'' - all
melancholy and nostalgia, sunset styles. Over on the flipside Drippin is a
rugged beast that oddly keeps the same melodic, albeit woozy, element at its
core. Misshapen synths get pushed high up in the mix over squashed
percussion and mangled samples, vast bass weight keeping the whole thing
from creasing in on itself. Hard to know where to place this music, think of
Zomby, Martyn and New World Aquarium larging it up poolside with a severe
case of sunstroke and bourbon playing tricks on their minds, somehow getting
it together to ooze out pure auditory filth from their boxes...

• 1 brief encounter
• 2 drippin