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GUMP 010EP
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"Matteo Spedicati (Leftout/Mindshake) returns for his second release on Gumption, backed up by a superb late night excursion from Mark Henning (Clever/Trapez/Foundsound/etc). Both versions of 'Il Fantasma di Hobanubi' have been ripping up selected dancefloors over the summer and if you're familiar with either of these guys' sounds then you'll know exactly why. On the dog side, Mark Henning rethinks the track into a completely different dimension, choosing to strip it down before rebuilding it with layer upon layer of subliminal fx, crisp percussion sequences and phat, funked-up sub basslines. Dark, eerie but supremely cool -- the pulsing groove is carried forward by all manner of clicks, cuts and stuttering hi-hat sequences before falling away amid a wash of white noise and ghostly echoes that bring on the type of rush that will cause collective mayhem between the speaker stacks. Over on the flip, Matteo's original version is a hi-octane adventure that slowly emerges from a dense forest of tripped-out bleeps and jagged percussion."
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GUMP 005EP
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"Matteo Spedicati is another new talent from Cagliari who has been patiently honing his skills over the past couple of years and the results have been well worth waiting for. 'Weekend at Pisano's' and 'Mostrami il Dragone' are two quality cuts, heavy on both groove and melody that represent an extremely assured debut by this skillful young DJ and producer. 'Weekend at Pisano's,' as the name suggests, snakes its way through the fragmented memories of a lost 48 hours. It's a slow, chugging, funked-up track with a rolling bass and throbbing groove that provide some serious transport for the glitchy, jangling efx, the warped bleeps and crazy hookline that rises and falls as the arrangement unfolds over a full ten minutes. The flipside is equally intricate in its construction, with particular attention to detail paid to the peripheral efx and rhythms that circle the main theme. 'Mostrami il Dragone' is a tenser, darker melodic techno track, full of rich sounds and reverberating breakdowns. Similar in style to that pioneered by label and soulmate Renato Figoli on tracks like 'Ocho al Puma' and 'Let Fernando In,' Matteo continues the development of this distinctive Sardinian sound they have created -- full of mischief and intrigue, these two tunes won't fail to get the crowd moving."
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