Brian Harden
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Having spent the last two years working on upgrades on his top-secret Sheffield bunker, Luca Lozano is ready to return to action. By the sounds of it, he spent the time well, because Lozano 2.0: Music Man contains some of his most emotive and musically intricate material to date. For proof, check 'Imdoingthis4u', where subtle nods towards disco and funk are detectable amongst the chunky beats, weighty bass, sparkling electronics and raw riffs. There's a similarly warming and surprisingly dreamy feel to acid-flecked mid-tempo number 'Zusammen', while 'Beaten With a Beat Tool' sees him add fluttering female vocal samples and saucer-eyed, sunrise-ready chords to a rolling, Afro-influenced beat. Best of all though is 'A Higher Place', a druggy chugger that alternates between trippy, mind-altering intensity and surging, rave-ready positivity.