- Before researching, I seriously thought this EP would be a re-release: it's classic sounding, spacey 4/4 straight from the vaults. Except it isn't. Life's Track only came together in 2011, with this being their second release. The pair presents themselves simply as a mysterious duo with an unashamed affinity for analogue sounds— an Italian house-leaning Skudge then, if you will.
More goes on here than in any Skudge wax, though, and rather than bare repetition, it's a narrative sonic dynamism which keeps you enthralled throughout.
"05" in fact sits somewhere between Lerosa and Omar-S—plenty of pinging cowbells, endless synth ripples and an overall tension between soft, smooth sounds and the more jarring percussive edges in-between. The globular "06" has a bleeding acid bassline, steamy male groans and proto-melodies that vanish away to a blissful future-retro infinity somewhere off on the horizon. On the flip side, ''07'' is a frictionless deep space jam that voyages far on gentle drum tumbles and voluminous kicks. Somewhat unavoidably, Detroit looms large as celestial chords ring out above, but tweaks on various MIDI knobs mean the drifting neon synths all around shape-shift in their own delightful ways. "08" closes the vintage anthology by getting a little loose and wiggling its ass à la Deep Space Orchestra.
Tracklist A1 05
A2 06
B1 07
B2 08