Itoa - Melba

1. Glow Coma (05:40)
2. Flow (04:09)
3. Leather & Lace (04:26)
4. Melba (06:31)


Visible on the drum and bass scene for some five years now thanks to records with Beckett’s Rudimentary and DJ Madds’s Roots & Future labels to others like Bad Taste and the solitary outing that launched Side Orders last year, London’s Itoa returns to Exit! This Melba EP follows up 2018’s Ever Orbit EP that’s spearheaded by the largely ambient “Melba” that sees its percussive counterpart fall into a sub-frenzied new rhythm halfway through. “Leather & Lace” sees disjointed beats and syncopated rhythms fall and twist around a new school bassline and footwork vocal stutters, while diving into deeper tribalistic and urban rhythms is “Flow”. Add some staccato acid lines to the juke joint of “Glow Coma” and you’re met with a fresh batch of hybrid sounds from an already promising producer!