Baiyun Mountain vinyl

It's John Heckle week here at Juno HQ; the office is still reverberating from the huge mix the Liverpudlian producer dropped for the Juno Plus site last week and we have not only a new album from him to enjoy but this debut release for Aroy Dee's MOS Recordings! Named after a mountain range near Chinese city Ghuangzhou, the Baiyun Mountain EP finds Heckle in typically unrelenting form from the off. Ferocious is the best way to describe "Cactus Jack," and "Birds With Vertigo" takes things even darker, the incessant chatter of drums underpinned by all manner of demonic, menacing vocal samples and harsh bass tones. The title track offers a chance to escape the hellish nature of the A Side, operating at a slower tempo which demonstrates Heckle is eminently capable of a deeper and more relaxed sound.