Whities レコード& CD

Review: ***B-STOCK: Sleeve damaged but otherwise in excellent condition***


Five years on from the label's first 12", Whities has finally decided to offer up an album. It comes from Leif, an artist whose output has consistently been getting deeper and more downtempo the longer his career has progressed. "Loom Dream" is a fine set, with the Freerotation regular effortlessly mixing and matching gentle off-kilter rhythms, drowsy ambient chords, claustrophobic aural textures, bubbly melodies and fluid, effervescent electronics. There's much to admire across the six tracks with highlights including the humid, glassy-eyed tropical bliss of "Myrtus", the hypnotizing, Steve Reich style marimba minimalism of "Rosa" and the slow techno creep of "Borago".

Review: Five years on from the label's first 12", Whities has finally decided to offer up an album. It comes from Leif, an artist whose output has consistently been getting deeper and more downtempo the longer his career has progressed. "Loom Dream" is a fine set, with the Freerotation regular effortlessly mixing and matching gentle off-kilter rhythms, drowsy ambient chords, claustrophobic aural textures, bubbly melodies and fluid, effervescent electronics. There's much to admire across the six tracks with highlights including the humid, glassy-eyed tropical bliss of "Myrtus", the hypnotizing, Steve Reich style marimba minimalism of "Rosa" and the slow techno creep of "Borago".

Review: The hotly anticipated debut album from Minor Science is finally here. After a run of acclaimed singles on Whities, the Berlin-based producer has built on his supple, shape-shifting sound to present a kaleidoscopic long-player that reveals a well-read musical mind with the imagination and studio chops to weave a broad tapestry of sounds into one constantly engaging, dynamic whole. "Second Language" spans a lot of ground from delicate ambient electronica to Autonomic drum & bass, stopping at Gqom, rave, micro house, dubstep and plenty more along the way, but crucially all these motifs are given a thorough treatment until everything sparkles with originality. It's also a boisterous and fidgety record, especially on the playful chops, edits and fills of "Blue Deal". You won't hear another record quite like it this year, and yet it will go down with a strangely familiar ease. Hats off to Minor Science, firmly delivering on the promise of his early 12"s.