kassem mosse: chilazon

Three club burners steeped in Detroit traditions, distilling the explorations in the collective, nervy hypnosis of Kassem Mosse live sets. As the music slowly unfurls, KM subtly tweaks its parameters, redistributes its weight, pricking its grooves into a state of utterly infectious perpetual movement. The two visions of "Chilazon" track opposite pathways: the first is twelve minutes of gorgeous, dub-wise, aquatic techno, spattered with kicks and razor-sharp hi-hats; then a terse mesh of broken drums, escalating to a feverishly intense peak. "Lanthamum" is calligraphic swordplay, its toms and bass stabs warily circling one another in a graceful steppers' dance.