Bleep

Bristolians Peverlist, Kowton and Assusu gather the productions that they have released under the name Livity Sound in previous months at an alarming rate. The tracks collected here present a re-orientation of heavy, oppressive textures from a dubstep framework towards techno templates. The numerous joint productions from Peverlist and Kowton impress as one would expect from such a prestigious pairing. ‘Vapours’ has a chilly synthetic wind blowing behind its muscly 808 rhythms, while ‘End Point’ feels more open, with expansive square-wave pads cushioning the trademark insistent percussion. Asusu’s ‘Too Much Time Has Passed’ is the pick of a high quality crop, with gurning low bursts submerged to an extent that they become subtly sinister behind ticking-bomb rolling rhythms.