Crump

ICE & SPHERES

Idle Hands

IDLE046

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Idle Hands Continues Its Quest To Support New Talent Coming Out Of Bristol With A Fresh 12inch From Local Beatsmith Crump. Up To This Point, He S Been Quietly Slipping Out Razor Sharp Reduced House Cuts On Various Artist Releases For Extended Play And Banoffee Pies, But It S High Time He Had A 12inch Of His To Truly Showcase His Sound. The Two Tracks On This Single Tap Into A Consistent Thread On Idle, Fusing The Minimal Sensibilities Of Contemporary European House Music With A Swung, Dub-weighted Presence Fit For Soundsystem Consumption In The Fair City We Call Home. Much Like Previous Releases From Leif, Christian Jay And Matt Karmil, This Is A Demonstration Of Stripped Down Music Loaded With Swagger. -ice & Spheres- Pivots Around An Ear-snagging 2-step Shuffle That Cuts Through Any Mix, But There S Scores Of Subtlety Woven In Between The Drums To Reward The Attentive Listener. Snatches Of Vocal, Distant Field Recordings, Low-blowing Synth Licks And Other Unidentifiable Sonic Matter Lurk Quietly In The Mix To Cast A Spell On The Sleep-deprived Twitcher And Warm-up Head-nodder Alike. Sporting A Brighter Disposition Thanks To The Sheen Of Its Chords, -mechanisms- Provides A Different Vibe On The Flip. The Beat Throws Down With A Rugged Nod To West London Broken Styles While Still Tapping Into That Aforementioned Continental 4/4 Sensibility, Injecting A Refreshing Variation Into The Densely Populated Minimal House Landscape While Maintaining The Meditative Qualities That Keep The Genre Close To Our Hearts