gonno & nick höppner: fantastic planet

The Fantastic Planet EP sees Nick Höppner collaborating with Japanese DJ and producer Gonno on three bouncy tracks, steeped in early '90s house and UK electronica. "Spocking Fivers" opens on a more jazzy and break-beat note, with snapping fingers, various synth pads and percussion slowly building layer upon layer. "Fantastic Planet" comes with a strong, continuous 4/4 bassline and organic percussion from start to end, further on dominated by hypnotic melody stabs and a swelling climax. Finally "As Above, So Below" follows more romantic and dreamy motifs using a mellow downbeat theme, it lets all squeaky sounds mesh nicely.