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The Constant State label launches in style with a record from Ian Blevins & Phil Moodys Al Gobi outfit, who had something of a breakthrough 2013 with releases for Disco Bloodbath, Rothmans, Culprit LA and Audio Parallax. While the original mix of A Cup of Tea is dark and unsettled - beautifully balanced bass notes and piano cutting through heavy, storm-pregnant air, Cottams accompanying remix is the distillation of a second wind. His tribal, twisted, acidic treatment of this 3am concrete bunker anthem never overwhelms the piano refrain, instead giving it a new life, like the ghost of a party suddenly bequeathed fresh purpose as tired legs find boundless energy.