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RINSE 061EP
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Rupert Taylor aka XXXY, with a back catalog that includes releases on Ten Thousand Yen, Pollen, Well Rounded, and Orca, has a serious knack for turning his hand to the variety of styles in the broad genre of bass music. Regrets illustrates this knack perfectly with a vibrant blend of analog drums, swooning synths, and thick, warm bass tones. The sharp hats of "Regrets" gallop over brooding chord changes; "12049" drives a rubbery and reverberated kick under softly-warped synth tones and stripped, purposeful percussion; "Over Peover" sits a panned synth string atop tough, crunching percussion and a propulsive synth riff.
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RINSE 055EP
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The second in a series of three EPs of gorgeous, punch-drunk house music from Rupert Taylor aka xxxy and the follow-up to 2014's acclaimed 18 Hours (RINSE 050EP). "Last Dance" may seem like pure blissed-out immersion, but listen closer -- or at peak time -- and it's deceptively tough, building to a mesmerizing blur of color amid body-shuddering kick drums. "Lately" channels both the spirit of electropop and the futurist impulses of early Detroit techno. On "Close the Door Behind You," an eerie, noise-scratched, slow build leads to a sudden explosion of bass swoops and hi-hats.
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RINSE 050EP
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Rinse presents the 18 Hours EP, the latest missive of stargazing, spaced-out house from label regular Rupert Taylor aka XXXY following 2014's deliriously catchy single Never Enough (RINSE 037EP). Each track here captures the XXXY sound from a distinct angle, but they're united by Taylor's devilish ear for space and melody, apparent in even the starkest moments. The six-minute "18 Hours" is a gorgeous, limpid whirlpool of a club track, "Clap Pitch" razes the dancefloor in salvos of static, distortion, and wild electronic shrieks, and "Tool (Satire Mix)" is a tough, bristling mass of acidic bleeps and steely percussion.
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RINSE 021EP
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UK house producer Rupert Taylor aka XXXY presents his debut for Rinse, offering three tracks of shimmering, synth-led house music, marked out by Taylor's distinctive, spiraling melodies and sampled voices. "Got Me So" starts slowly, opening in a quiet cascade of Casio tones and looped vocals before abruptly exploding with the most muscular bass-line Taylor's crafted to date. "Get Ready" has a sweetness that harks more explicitly back to speed garage, and "Studio 9 (Just Like That)," is its most directly house-leaning track.
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