TESTPRESSING#007: RATHE / PATCHWORK by DEMDIKE STARE

Offbeat techno with a UK vibe. Last installement in the series for the time being.A-side ‘Rathe’ opens the doors of perception to a show-stopping bloom of heavenly voices and halfstep jungle, ratcheting the levels to heart-in-mouth effect with panoramic harmonies and ricochet drums that sound like a 2015 update of Windowlicker, all owing as much to Source Direct as Alice Coltrane. B-side, ‘Patchwork’ is a whole other madness. Shocking in a different style, it consolidates swirling, norish samples nodding to Italian concrète with the kind of 2-step swerve heard on Artwork’s ‘Red’ EP - proper feral, swinging business. We seen and heard it go off in the dance and can safely confirm that it’s one of the baddest joints in their now extensive catalogue..