Bleep

Copenhagen’s Tartelet Records uphold their reputation for promoting exciting fresh talent. Following his Chemistry EP, the Danish label now presents the full-length debut of Glenn Astro from Essen, West Germany. The producer makes instrumental beatscapes that can be placed within the trajectory of hip hop, yet infuses his arrangements with a crisp dose of jazz elements, but in a much tidier way than any of the Brainfeeder releases, and often unnoticeably shifting to infectious house rhythms (‘Computerkiller’, ‘You Can’t Groove’). Besides vivid bass lines and mellow saxophones, the Fender Rhodes is a reoccurring character on Throwback, creating that ambience-defining glimmer.