Solar Phenomena welcomes singular rhythm master STL for a new EP that offers four fantastic tracks of dubby house. It is the label’s fourth release and finds the Something label boss in a typically inventive mood. First track Spy vs Spy opens things with shuffling drum loops and eerie synth details that hypnotises over seven minutes. Atomsmasha has wooden hits and rough shakers peppering a soft, imperfect groove as awkward chords bring an unhinged edge to the mix. On the flip, Summer Breeze & Brotherhood has loose keys doing an off kilter dance over STL’s trademark low-key drums where Freebird zones you out with long held chords and detuned keys as cloudy, dusty kicks bring a barely-there groove deep down low. You know what to get from STL by now, but at the same time you can never get enough.
