Glasgow’s former Sub Club resident Jasper James heads to Chiwax for his own new series of jacked up and prickly house bangers. ‘Back 2 Jack’ does throw it back to the dirty, sleazy sounds of early Chi Town warehouse cuts, ‘X Transmission’ then zones out a little with stars that flutter like foil in the wind and wispy cosmic keys, and ‘Bass Utility’ brings thumping 90s techno drums to the fore with skewed synths that soundtrack your descent into a deep space rave. ‘Modem Funk’ gets its name from the mad melodies that dart about like they used to inside the obsolete bit of hardware it references. Four imaginative takes on high-impact house.
