Slow and skulking, вЂњResidual HeatвЂќ pairs crisp dembow rhythms with airy vocal samples and laser zaps, splicing the вЂњdeep reggaetГіnвЂќ of DJ Python with the bleep techno of 1990s Sheffield.Дespite their frequently referential qualities, these songs resist being pinned down.

вЂњCaderaвЂќ opens the record with soca rhythms punctuated by gravelly acid lines chilly dissonance leaves a whiff of freezer burn wafting over an otherwise hot-blooded groove. Almost every track suggests a hybrid of some heretofore undocumented cultural fusion. If Cruz is an anthropologist, then Self Oscillation might be a study in dance musicвЂ™s tribal allegiances. Sharpened hi-hats pierce glowering sub-bass syncopated grooves are pulled as taut as a nylon slackline, for maximum elasticity.

Cruz trained as both a drummer and a sound engineer, and it shows-his rhythms snap with feral intensity, and his drum sounds have uncommon bite. Eschewing the chilled-out vibes of some of his early records, all six tracks are made for dancing. Cruz returns to the UK label with the Self Oscillation EP, his hardest-hitting and most unpredictable release yet.

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