Ulysses & Filipsson

Following a taster on the Bearfunk ''Hibernation Vol 1'' CD, Holmar Filipsson and Elliot Taub have once again got together again to produce a fine EP here at Bearfunk towers.

Both are New York City resisidents but Holmar is originally from Iceland. Holmar is a busy chap, what with running his Crack & Speed, and Thugfucker labels and appearing with Sasse in the Filipsson and Lindblad project. The music they make is pure Bearfunk, slick Disco grooves with high production values.

First us is a remix of ''The Endless'' from Italian legend Alexander Robotnick. Here the layers are stripped back for a houseier dancefloor excursion while retaining that streak of Italian Robotnick flair. Hibernation track ''Fluffy Amadeus'' is next up, here displaying slickness and 80s inspired grooves.

Over on the B-side ''The Endless'' weighs in at gargantuan 11.24 minutes. Some crisp sounding drum programming and filmic textures drive this atmospheric soundscape along. Plisskens groove rounds things off with some digital synth grooves, just like long lost track from the Optical Race era of late 80s Tangerine Dream.

• 1 the endless (robotnick remix)
• 2 fluffy amadeus
• 3 the endless (extended mix)