No doubt about it, HypeLTD are on a bit of a roll at the moment; recent releases from the likes of JoeFarr, The Analogue Cops and Marco Bernardi have helped shape the Hypercolour sub-label into a consistent purveyor of raw and rootsy techno music.

On the ‘Split’ EP, various artists are assembled to flex their prowess, namely Warlock, Zoé Zoe & Enoah Ballard and Samuel Thalmann.

Opening up the EP is Warlock, the driving force behind London’s Rag & Bone label.  This seasoned British breaks and electro producer offers up ‘Sawhorses’, a weighty 909 kick and incessant, filtering stabs give this an air of familiarity, Berlin in sound, Detroit in spirit perhaps, but a straight up club cut for certain.  A proper jacker, and an ace reverse edit right on the end!

Lithuanian brothers, Zoé Zoe & Enoah Ballard, team up for the ‘1234’.  Zoé Zoe has been behind previous releases on Planet Mu and Sneaker Social Club, and joins his sibling on this dark and ravey breakbeat driven track.  The kind of cut that separates the wheat from the chaff come closing time at your local discothèque, ‘1234’ is both eerie, cosmic and flat out deep all at once.  

Closing this ‘Split’ EP is Samuel Thalmann AKA Okain, a man behind an incredible musical CV, including music for Tsuba, BPitch, Memento, Four:Twenty and many more.  Samuel offers up ‘Not Anymore’ under his birth name, a blinding 909 drum workout with some freaky Chi-town modulations goin on.  Almost like a perfect accompaniment to Warlock’s ‘Sawhorses’, this is simple yet effective dance track that’ll have ‘em jackin and pumping their fists til dawn.

Selected DJ reactions

Maya Jane Coles - Sawhorses and Not Anymore are killer
Perc (CLR) – Sawhorses is quality
Bodyjack (Clone) – All over these!!
Norman Nodge (Berghain) – 4 stars for Sawhorses, big tune!
Mark Henning (Soma) – Excellent release
Huxley (Hypercolour) – all three tracks are really good
Justin Robertson (Bugged Out) – Great stuff
James Zabiela – 1234 is rude, thanks
Edwin (Foals) – Really like the Okain track, proper bonkers
Phil Kieran (Stiff Kitten) – Like it thanks
Laurent Garnier – Raw dancefloor funkiness, will play for sure
Alan Fitzpatrick (Drumcode) – liking this guys
Jimmy Edgar – Good release
Loco Dice – Nice one, Not Anymore my favourite 
Murderbot – Warlock killing it as usual
Phil Kieran (Stiff Kittens) – Sawhorses for me, like it!
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – Dope!


Samuel Thalmann - Not Anymore (clip)

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