happa: two & two make five

Leeds-based producer Happa has quickly gained an enviable profile, made all the more impressive by the fact that he is just 15 years-old. For his Boomkat Editions he ramps it up with the industrial slam of "13.05.13," before switching tack to sound like Reinhold Friedl dismantling a piano with Emptyset on "Stirring." "Escape" sounds like Alberich mangling a Joyrex side, while "Walice Berl" thumbs its nose at prissy, "perfect" mix-downs. "Put Your Suitcase Down" captures the heartbreaking swell of ambient emotion which eludes artists twice his age.