STONE BREAKER by MARK E

The Birmingham based producer (real name Mark Evetts) rose to prominence through a string of highly sought after edits on labels such as the now defunct Jiscomusic, Golf Channel and Running Back, with tracks such as the slow bumping “R+B Drunkie” predating the current vogue for reworking obscure R&B tracks by some time. Upon establishing his Merc imprint early last year, Evetts effectively signed off from the overstuffed edits game to focus on original productions. Subsequent releases for Running Back and Vibrations have demonstrated that Evetts was developing a unique, almost industrial, house sound.Stone Breaker promises to further showcase the sound that evolved on those productions. Whilst the vinyl version will only contain six of the nine tracks that make up the album across two slabs, Spectral are throwing in a free CD version with all tracks, making a purchase on lovely big wax almost a necessity.