facta: scales + measures

Wisdom Teeth label-head Facta returns to home turf with a three-track EP of melodic, bleeping, broken beats. Last appearing on the label back in 2014, Scales + Measures EP marks the producer's first self-released solo EP -- a return after five years, during which he has developed his sound through releases on Livity Sound, Ancient Monarchy, Idle Hands, Tempa, and beyond. Scales + Measures is Facta's most colorful release to date, trading out the dark minimalism of his early releases for poppy chords and warping, plasticky synths. Rhythmically the record makes nods to 140 bpm electro ("Rose Red"), UK funky ("Scales + Measures"), and dubby break-beat house ("4C Loop"), but the melodies and textures come from elsewhere.