He sounds intriguing: the aesthetic and personal impression that I took from that interview appeal to me, particularly that nighttime, tired evocation of passing through South London. There is a hallucinatory quality to such wee hour journeys, which I think can be a rich source of inspiration.
I checked out a song of his on Seeqpod:
Southern Comfort. I don't know what to think: the percussion seems too aggressive and edgy for my taste, or at least for the taste awakened by the description. It reminds me of dark stuff I danced to ten years ago in Hackney, the one and only time I found myself on a floor playing what I thought was seriously mean jungle: it looked like the set of some grungy brit-club film; not exactly fun, but thrilling.
Perhaps it would be better with the beats stripped out together? It has this looming quality that I do like. Our friend's
Mezzotint, whilst utterly different in content, seems to possess a similar mood, and has pushed me towards a more abstract, ambient kind of urban music. Or, indeed, the glorious psychedelia of our own hip priest's
Teeth of the Sea.
I do like this endless sensation that
Southern Comfort brings.
Gutted is also quite cool; though maybe a little obvious with its gun-cock-sound paranoia and murky muttering. And again I'm not sure whether I like the beat - it is a little too reminiscent of trendy Hoxton bars and carefully cultivated three day face shadows. I accept that this bias is entirely my own though!
Not crap wf 5 on listening to three songs.
Edit: We seem to be missing a poll; then again, I'm not sure whether the votes ever tell us much besides the obvious.