Ikpathua
Oboo EP
TwelveFour • 05.07.17
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With his eclectic EP »Tape Paranoia« back in summer 2015, Ikpathua left notable marks in the Noorden catalogue. Two years later, the London based producer returns to the label with three splendid cuts shaped by varieties of Dub Techno, Leftfield and UK Bass.
Where To Now? and Peder Mannerfelt signee Machine Woman adds two distinctive remixes of »Oboo« to the package – a creaky dancefloor-version and a stripped-down Ambient one.
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Produced by Paul Crognale
Mastered & Cut by Lupo at Calyx
Artwork by Win Zimmermann
Design by Alex Ketzer
Video by OOUKFunkyOO
»›Oboo,‹ on the other hand, is ripe with good ideas competing for space. Wispy strings, doughy kicks, drum fills, ping-pong arps and bassy synth aches — all sodden with reverb — clump together in a sticky-sweet goo. Two remixes of ›Oboo,‹ by Machine woman, drain its excess fluid. […] ›Unseen‹ and the muddy dub techno of ›Forest Echoes‹ summon rich sounds from sparse material, but Machine woman's subtractions bring out the best in ›Oboo‹.«
