BLM - Easy Knocking EP

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  • Ben Micklewright's work as BLM on his own label, Fear Of Flying, and labels like Secretsundaze, Tsuba and Underground Quality has marked him as a purveyor of deep, emotive 4/4. He appears here on Huxley's Saints & Sonnets label, maintaining its impressive run with four atmospheric house tracks that encapsulate his style. "Paris Beatdown" growls with intensity from the off. Its low-end's interplay with myriad electronic percussion and metallic flecks gradually emerges into full acid tweaks and floating layers. "Nothing" has the loosest framework, its insistent lead lapped at in turns by ghostly vocals, glowing synths and splashes of organ. A bass phrase evokes the club, but in Micklewright's own restrained way. "Twigs N Shit"'s grooves lean on muscular kicks and brash hats. Watery pads and a two-note phrase are the core of a track that whirrs with metallic sonics and echoing squelches as it weaves its spell. Closer "Down To The Shake" treads a path between booming kicks and rim shots, offsetting the grunt with soft chords and glittering phrases. At its mid-point, washed melodies and subtle notes swerve briefly away, but it soon regains its beguiling tone.
  • Tracklist
      A1 Paris Beatdown A2 Nothing B1 Twigs N Shit B2 Down To The Shake
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