- You might assume a label called Fuckthegovernment, would have a touch of indignation to it. Perhaps anti-establishment acid? Or the abrasive and authority-averse thump of Dutch hardcore? What you actually get is sinuous and largely forgettable techno that prides itself on its all-analogue, single-sided, heavyweight vinyl status. It's perhaps a mask for the fact it offers little creativity.
"Heaven" is a track stitched together from an array of tropes—moist 303s, diva screeches, chuntering Detroit percussion—but one that feels flabby and bereft of ideas within five minutes (with another three to go). This kind of stripped-back house is having a moment, with the likes of Spencer Parker and a resurgent Radio Slave especially showing that deft arrangements can do a lot with a spare palette. But compared to them, "Heaven" seems reductive and lacking any snarl.