Mr. Ho – Team Player [CABARET041]

Berlin banger bringer and Klasse Wrecks co-boss Mr. Ho distils the restless, genre-fluid instincts that have defined both his DJ sets and his label output, having always served a bridge between Hong Kong and European underground scenes. Here the sense is of new, buzzing frontiers: ‘Tight’ and ‘Unfazed’ move stripped and kinetic, with melodic, avian, high-register synths and playful clave taps. Psy energies come checked off on ‘Maybe Not’ and ‘Take Flight’ meanwhile, the latter closing out somewhere between goa, EBM, and acid.

listen

Mr. Ho – Team Player [CABARET041]

BufoBufo – Watercourse [CABARET037]

Analogue pressure from BufoBufo in the new Cabaret Recordings release. His second single for the Japan label, founded by So Inagawa and DJ Masda, proffers a hypnotic blend, binarising the mood with the sliding melodes of ‘Watercourse’ and ‘Armour Plated’ with comparatively sparse and gritty perc-slaps of ‘Wood Ant’ and ‘Cinnabar’. That strange but difficult-to-nail split between of hypnotic intrigue and immediacy is well and truly nailed.

listen

BufoBufo – Watercourse [CABARET037]