Ben Coda & Ipcress - Shifty

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  • While there are plenty of promoters that tread the well-worn path of scaling their sound from the club to the festival, the reverse of this group is much less populous. For London trio Shifty Disko, who launch their eponymous label and party in the capital in early December, their history comes from years of playing as far afield as Brazil, Australia, Spain, Germany and UK stalwarts such as Glastonbury and Glade. Tom Real, Ipcress and Ben Coda all focus their energies on late-night "mind-bending techno," and their first EP, from Ben Coda and Ipcress, does the same. "Shifty"'s opening few bars show the way for the rest of the EP, with muscular snare and kick, percussive hits and a lumbering, growling bassline: an instant wake-up call. Employing a strict upward curve for the arrangement, adding snippets of vocal, reverb-laden atmospherics and whirring notes to climb towards the breakdown, dropping into a swirl of bit-crushed stabs and pitch-shifted notes until the drop. (It makes up in raw punch what it lacks in subtlety.) "Creepy Crawly"'s aims match its A-side partner, though its construction is more nuanced. A rumbling sub and wobbling bassline usher in brash leads, competing for the mid-range. This is no stop-off for the house music classicist, but it's hard not to imagine this pouring out of towering stacks over a swaying mass of sweaty bodies in a far-flung field. That, surely, is exactly the point.
  • Tracklist
      01. Shifty 02. Creepy Crawly
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