- From spaced-out house to dubby electro to OG dubstep, it's been a characteristically unpredictable year for Apple Pips, the label Appleblim founded after he and Shackleton brought Skull Disco to an end in 2008. While you might not be able to venture a guess at what the next Pips side will sound like, there's a good chance it'll have some connection to Blim's home base of Bristol. Where the Oh's is a characteristically inside job, bringing fellow Bristolians and Futureboogie regulars Behling & Simpson into the fold.
The release contains some of Ed Bayling and Sam Simpson's best moments yet under this guise (they've made ravier, twitchier stuff as Baobinga & I.D.). Stepping away from the R&B affectations of their Futureboogie material, Where the Oh's finds the duo showing off their spacier side. The title cut maintains the slow chug, legato bass and spacious drum programming but does away with much of the melody, leaving us with an excellently woozy groove. "Tape Hiss" hits a little harder, its growling slow-motion bassline pointing toward techno. One should never attempt to pin down Apple Pips stylistically, but Where the Oh's suggests you shouldn't work Behling & Simpson into a corner either.
Tracklist A Where The Oh's
B Tape Hiss