Bleep

Lone’s hard work over the past decade pays oFf with a DJ Kicks volume. This mix does a fine job of pairing up the Nottingham producer’s recent explorations in house with his earlier hip-hop joints and the hyperactive rave music of his R&S LPs. The opening few tracks are all kaleidoscopic boom-bap productions, with Heralds of Change’s ‘Spotted’ and Lone’s own ‘Cali Drought’ chirpy highlights. Things change gear with Gnork’s ‘U’ - while the bright melodies remain, these are now applied to a prime wedge of lo-fi house. The remainder of the session is characterised by more classy cuts that seek to re-arrange the building blocks of house into fun new forms. Nowhere is this executed better than on the limber exclusive ‘Saturday Night’. Radiohead’s somnambulant ‘Worrywort’ winds the record down.