Lead track ‘Trapington’ in instantly grabbing, fuelled by serious horse power, with its nagging and incessant stabs, clangs and vocal chops, underpinned with a meaty and distorted drum pattern. ‘Pocket Face’, built around a crunching 909 workout, slaps you around the chops, coming up for air with the spacey synth hook, then back down for more with some almost ‘Red 1′ era Dave Clark-esque vibes on this techno banger. Flipside, ‘Stuckfix’ keeps things rough and ready, with a mechanical break beat juggernaut and tension building strings, whilst closing the ‘Lounge Vibes’ is ‘Fola44′, indeed perhaps the release’s most restrained offering, with its deep organ melody springing to life over the dysfunctional beats, doffing its cap to some of the jazzier elements of Detroit techno over the years. JoeFarr, defo one to watch for 2014, and if his ‘Lounge Vibes’ are like this, we’re keen to see what he comes up with for the more peak time vibes of his repertoire….