Mosca Dom Perignon

Throughout 3024_s short history, the label has always carried a heavy trace of techno in its makeup: an inevitable reflection of its founders roots in early 90s warehouse parties. Our 15th release bears that influence out, and stands as the labels most expansive release so far a 4 track EP from the utterly inimitable Mosca. Leaping straight onto our radar with his opening combination of the Square One / Nike 12 and Gold Bricks, I See You, its been a long-held ambition to work with a producer whose diversity has never once strayed into tokenism. Renowned for his glacial work rate, we bided our time as the Mosca sound veered off into new territories and its with great pleasure we present the fruits of our patience here. Opening proceedings of Moscas Wavey EP is Dom Perignon, a cavernous roller with a gravity inverting bass drum and dub-infused atmospherics. Developing both the intricacy of its drum programming and the implicit tension of its arrangement towards the sunrise, its the perfect entry point for this new side of the Mosca sound. Orange Jack further develops this gloaming swing, both deeper into the recesses of aquatic frequency while simultaneously ramping up the groove into ultra loose woodblock territory as looped snatches of Hip Hop acapella drive out any lingering ghosts. Tearing any hint of historical reverence away is a constantly warping bass part that is more fissure than line, and bubbling textures hinting at further shifts to come. Immediately intensifying proceedings, Jagers renewed urgency guides the EP back towards more conventional Techno, in form if not implementation. Huge phased hi-hats and gaseous sub frequencies push a Friedrichshain pulse relentlessly forward, briefly collapsing as a disembodied fire & brimstone host exhorts an unidentified audience (or maybe the track) back onto its feet and onwards with yet more resolve. Coiling and uncoiling elements of the arrangement in this second half, a single electric piano chord makes its appearance, providing an understated link back to the previous 2 tracks roots. Available as a digital-only track, Wray & Neph takes the component influences of its 3 vinyl bound siblings and fuses them together as the track both hardest to classify and also the most classically Mosca sounding. Queasy waves of synth are joined by tight hi hats and a dislocated kick before a clipped percussive swing emerges out of the haze. Marrying a defiantly 8 bar-esque bass rumble and sporadic fizzing synth breaks with shifts back into stripped down 4_4 Motorik it encapsulates The Wavey EP and all its murky splendor. As ever, Erosie blesses 3024-016 with the latest sleeve in his ever evolving series of work for 3024, in the style that has defined the label as much as its A&R policy.