
First Listen: L.SAE – ‘Line Sunk Like I’m Sunk’ (Timedance)
TweetL.SAE is the new project from Joe Higgins aka Metrist, who has records on Resin and contributed to the Hyp mix series in 2013. His first release under the alias is a bold offering of two strident Techno cuts that bind facets of early Drum & Bass, Noise-Techno and 90s IDM, all into Higgins’ own mould. Have a listen to B-side ‘Line Sunk Like I’m Sunk’, a feverish assortment of rattling scrap yard percussion and brutal, burned-out kicks. Higgins offers a more subdued approach to melody, as snippets of garbled synths see-saw across the stereo field, almost screaming to break out from underneath layers of distorted drums. It’s another impressive offering from the burgeoning Timedance imprint – get in to the mayhem below…
Record artwork: Studio Tape Echo