Crossing The Red Sea vinyl

General Elektro's wicked little offshoot, Atelier Records, has been in a dormant state for a few years now, but we're always patiently waiting for their next episode to land on our shelves. There's just something that feels special, and highly curated, about these releases; from the scientific layout of their covers to their intricate analogue minimalism across the tunes, there's something naturally alluring about the catalogue. Moreover, they have a special sort of knack for making even the most obscure of artist names feel important, or at least part of a bygone era that the label is trying to keep alive. We have absolutely no idea who Muelliemess & The Happy Birds really are but, for a supposed group, they make some pretty eye-opening electronics; "Oratorium Fleisch" opens with a contorted set of analogue percussion and hardware fuzz - a striking 22 minutes of the stuff - whereas the B-side lands on more beat-centric territories such as "Acid Loop/Acid", the slow and dubbed-out haze of "195A" and "Crossing The Read Sea With Muellie Mess & The Happy Birds", which is all brought to a standstill through the vast jungle of atmospherics within ''Happy Birds". A truly singular EP. We love it.