Ghostride The Drift
Ghostride The Drift

For these Cubo Live Sessions, I:Cube hooked up his machines and went off the deep end on an unrestricted improvised tip. The resulting recordings have been cut up into the four tracks presented here and they all convey a certain sense of freedom and natural evolution. They also happen to be damn good club tunes. There is slow and snaking acid on 'Session 4', tense bas riffs and trippy keys on 'Session 5' and wonky machine malfunctions on 'Session 6' that are tied to deep bass. A slow motion electro-funk workout brings the EP to a close in fantastic fashion with 'Session 7.'

While Dutch electro/techno veteran DJ Overdose's recent releases for Viewlexx and Unknown To The Unknown were devoted to straight-up thrill seeking, this outing on Berceuse Heroique is an altogether more varied prospect. While flipside "Sorry To Disappoint" is a deliciously cheery electro number with distinctive synth-funk overtones, opener "Dead City" is an altogether darker and more disturbed affair. Murky, twisted and clandestine, with jungle style percussion flourishes, black electronics and wild stabs, it's something of twisted, late night treat. A fine EP is completed by Detroiter O.B Ignitt's rework of "Sorry To Disappoint", which re-casts the track as a rolling house groover full of vintage synth work, disco percussion hits and rubbery electric bass notes.