‘It seems we speak of the subjectively perturbing trend of our most dexterous producers growing forever younger almost weekly these days, and our lament comes in early this time as sixteen-year-old Seamus Malliagh ghosts on in. Masquerading as Igloo Ghost, Malliagh trends in the itself immoderately trendy genre du jour that is instrumental hip hop, as début track Cool Sweater nimbly knits the vivid impressionism of FlyLo’s Until The Quiet Comes into the blithe, downtempo vibes of Lapalux and the like. Feed your brain this one below, and it’ll thank y’all later.’
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‘Harlem’s been abuzz with a certain Blanco of late, although there’s another globetrotter worth investing some serious eartime in by the sounds of this one. Solice’s nigh on every previous may be the sort of bump ‘n’ grind, garage-affected schtick Girl Talk spews uncontrollably over his every mix, though Now That I Need You is a step up in its every respect: more polished; more aesthetically pleasing; far less throwaway. Watery Balam Acab-ish synths glint in the plush ambience of latter-day Lapalux recordings, making its artwork of cocked cigars ready for the smokin’ that bit more apposite. Fire away!’
Granted, it may not be the most inspiring of monikers but Brighton producer Eagles For Hands more than makes up for that with this latest track, Glitterall. Sculpted into an expansive, airy domain sprinkled with wibbling synths, the glistening samples spattered across FlyLo’s Until The Quiet Comes, and the hazy Balearia of Lapalux’ Some Other Time EP – which is coincidentally out today – it’s a scenic realm through which one longs to glide over and over, ‘til eagles might no longer fly.
‘I gots to confess that ‘til today Essex’ Stuart Howard was yet to impress me as he must’ve FlyLo. Recording under the Lapalux nom de plume, alongside the precisely tuned production expertise was promise unfulfilled. You always knew he had a Forgetting And Learning Again in him though; you just feared he may never blurt it out. It’s here now, however, and it could be the track to propel the Brainfeeder boi to outer echelons intangible for the time being. Backed, or rather fronted by London Tape Club Records songstrel Kerry Leatham, this emotive R’n’B must be what so many hear in the urban pop suavity to Jessie Ware’s Devotion. Again, can’t find reason to believe in her fatuous rhymes yet this – this is lahvely.’




