via Pitchfork...

When Birmingham, England-based producer Mark E burst onto the scene, he did it slowly. Taking cues from the likes of Theo Parrish and Moodymann, Mark E's early edits (be they of Womack & Womack, Diana Ross or Miss Jackson) were woozy in all the right ways, just clocking in over 100 BPMs, a rarity for most house tracks.
But he's picked up velocity ever since, his full-lengths Stone Breaker and Product of Industry now going the speed limit. For his first single on L.A. label ESP Institute, Mark E takes his foot off the gas a bit with "Laurentian Abyss", which namechecks the underwater valley off the coast of Canada (or else makes a Transformers reference). It's hard to tell what's beefier on "Laurentian Abyss": the synth stabs or the flanged kick. Both bounce and pack a wallop. But as the track chugs along, a train-like clacking appears underneath and between the hand percussion and chopped-up keys, a bit more space opens up. Not quite an abyss, but it floats.

—Andy Beta

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/17417-mark-e-laurentian-abyss/

[ESP025] MARK E - Laurentian Abyss

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