You eat enough sandwiches eventually you make your own goddamn sandwich. Rohan Bell-Towers has been making musical sandwiches all over the scene at his monthly Bamboo Musik parties and meatball sub, curveball mixes like the recent Il Mentalo in collaboration with Misha from PAM. Now he’s practically a one-man N. Lee.
His first 12″ is jacking and purposeful. Early house and techno references abound but it’s no homage. ‘Scavengers’ is full of scattershot 808 snare hits and rimshots, thick bass and bell-tone synth lines. Acid gamelan. The dub is all bass wonkier than Willy, fizzing synth and strangled string lines bobbing above it.
This isn’t somebody firing up Ableton for the first time and throwing together a couple of loops. This is detailed and assured. Though that’s not going to surprise anyone. Listen to the promo mix and buy it from Piccadilly Records, Juno or Boomkat.
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