V.A. CBLVA001

Paris-based imprint Cabale Records delivers a VA featuring Sten aka Dial co-founder Lawrence, Pheek, mod303 and Night No Tori x Hubble.

Here the label marks its first various artist release, welcoming Dial’s Lawrence under his Sten guise, Montreal, Canada and Archipel boss Pheek, the Archipel regulars mod303 and lastly Night No Tori x Hubble.

Pheek’s ‘Woyon Don’ leads and showcases his signature twisted microhouse style with modulating percussion, creaky synth flutters, bouncy bass tones and crisp loopy drums. mod303’s ‘Paname City Zoo’ then dives even deeper with a heavily reduced rhythm section, droplet like synth tones, unfurling atmospherics and murky subs. Opening the flip-side Night No Tori joins forces with Hubble for ‘Deja vu’, picking up the pace with pulsating synths, shuffled hats, spiralling dub echoes and breathy hypnotic vocals ebbing and flowing amongst one another throughout. Lastly to round out the EP, Lawrence returns to his Sten alias with ‘Slope’, and in typical fashion delivers a seven minitue classy excursion through choppy bass stabs, winding resonant synth lines, dreamy ethereal textures and crunchy, raw drums.