- Brassfoot's grizzled productions sounded right at home on Apron, but they're also proving to be comfortable travellers. Having dropped in on Unknown To The Unknown, they now surface in Rotterdam, on the excellent Bio Rhythm. What these labels share are parallel desires to entertain and unsettle, and the London producer's latest does both, usually in the same track.
The opening salvo is lighter, though that's a relative concept. On "Willkommen Bei Wurstelbox," strangled metallic hits jostle with a tinny bassline, and Brassfoot holds the crowded feel for as long as possible. "She Said Her Name Was Sugarlips" seems more pleasant, but there's an undercurrent of menace to its chords, which could've been lifted from a queasy Hype Williams pastorale.
The "unsettling" aspect dominates the B-side, whose three tracks sound baked and broken. "Darkroom" is garage turned ghoulish, its 2-step shuffle a deathly crawl beneath static crackles and a bassline heavy with slasher-flick dread. On the even stranger "Treacle," hi-hats run themselves ragged while a kick drum thuds its sluggish halftime below. Those two bookend the EP's banger, "Satan Was Scared To Look." A grandiose title for sure, but it's easy to imagine Old Nick wincing at this merciless rager.
TracklistA1 Wilkommen Bei Wurstelbox
A2 She Said Her Name Was Sugarlips
B1 Darkroom
B2 Satan Was Scared To Look
B3 Treacle