cliff lothar: skudge white 05

Cliff Lothar comes clean with a somewhat darker take on his trademark sound. With "Murked Out" we're reminded of "Dro Friday," but the Halloween version. "Tangaxuan II" is equally funky but dwells further in a deep and bleepy fashion that invokes the early Warp catalog spirit, while "Audiomess" enhances that feeling. Concluding this four-tracker comes the mostly gruesome "Darkhole Gloryroom," which uses high contrasts to convey schizophrenic moves on the dancefloor -- a perfect testimony to what Skudge stands for after a year of unusual journeys.