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FRJ 004EP
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"After his excellent remix for Sully's Phonebox EP last summer, Frijsfo Beats is delighted to provide a home for Point B's latest and best experiments on the fringes of dubstep and UK garage. Point B previously enjoyed a swell of grass-roots appreciation for his material on leading UK electro label SCSI-AV -- a sharp, intricately produced dancefloor twelve and an extremely thoughtful full-length. 2007's EP for Stormfield's Combat Recordings fused his techniques and sound palette with the rhythmic genius of two-step, an idea expanded and developed to its full potential on his first full Frijsfo release. Opening track 'Detritus' is built around an unbreakable backbone of kicks, woodblocks and dense sub-bass growls. Tweaked techno stabs sustain the pressure until Point B drops a mean (but tastefully executed) snippet of Distance- style bass guitar and an atmospheric post-Skream melody. 'No Smokes' is a tense meeting between two-stepping beat patterns and stiff electro-funk, illustrating Point B's distinctiveness. Graceful soundtrack synths smooth things over somewhat, only to get re-jigged for mashed-up dancefloors by fragments of a caustic acid line. 'Isocity Meter' boasts an even brisker, more invigorating arrangement, dominated by huge, metallic bass tones that sound as if they're being collided and yanked apart by an elastic sense of rhythm. Finally, Italian Frijsfo discovery Kuoyàh contributes an unbelievable remix of 'Someone Else's Past.' His trademark loose, unevenly oscillating beat constructions are fascinating in their own right, but take away nothing from the rolling, dark two-step vibe. Any DJ who feels a connection to dubstep's more creative eras should be playing this."
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ID 021CD
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"When you want tough, impeccably produced electronic music, it's lucky that labels like SCSI-AV are around to provide! After releases for such labels as Erratica and Orson the Leeds based electronic dancefloor imprint brings you Point B aka Richard Bultitude's long-awaited debut album A Previous Version of Myself. Coming across like Autechre and Dabrye jamming with Funckarma, Bultitude manages to pay homage to his influences without carbon-copying, and certainly has the sick production skills to match. With tracks like 'Split' destined to cause serious damage on the dancefloor while retaining a strong melodic edge for home listeners, and 'Figure' which should rightly be an anthem for android breakdancers in a couple of decades time; A Previous Version of Myself truly has something for everyone! Anyone who laments the slowdown and death of the electronic scene should look closely at Point B, the man who not only has the style to keep fans of the genre happy, but gives it the attitude, the excitement and the pure enjoyment that has been missing for far too long."
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