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Long ago snagged by the rhythmic innovations of the post jungle underground, on
Wireless Profrock makes explicit his debt to the radical fringe of UK garage. Snapping 2 step rhythms are at the heart of all four tracks; for all the distress, deconstruction and detournement they undergo at his hands, the spirit and swing of the British soundsystem tradition is there, irreducibly, in their DNA. Further, Wireless is a kind of remix, shot through with the contorted samples of voice and ndingidi on a handful of old East African 78s (from a forthcoming Honest Jon's compilation). The result: a record that sounds at once ancient and modern, possessing a unique tonal language and with it a curious, almost occult power.

• 1 cropped
• 2 anyi
• 3 voices no bodies
• 4 dig