XI - Sued 011

  • SVN and DJ Fett Burger make some surprisingly approachable house music this time around.
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  • On their own, both DJ Fett Burger and SUED. co-founder SVN favor a style of weirdo house and techno that has always been a bit murky, submerged in a layer of dubby effects. Their work together as XI is refreshing and unusual, considering how straightforward the tracks can be (there are, I should add, a some notable exceptions). Take "One" and "Three" on this new EP. "One" is heads-down techno with a twinkling arpeggio and "Three" could have been released by Ostgut Ton in the "Subzero"-era. Even the peculiar steel drums on "Four" are eventually folded into a conventional house rhythm, making this as straight-up as you'll likely hear from these two.
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