Jonbjorn - Brot 04

Jonbjorn Finnbogason returns to his own imprint with four slices of offbeat dance music. EP opener “Shamisen” is a steely electro roller shot through with Sabres of Paradise-style dub effects, while on “Anthophila Anna”, the Lagaffe Tales boss delivers a rickety techno rhythm that’s populated by creaky effects and a stop-start groove. “Tinni” is a somewhat more conventional affair, and centres on a low-slung electro rhythm and ominous sub-bass, but it’s the exception to the rule here and on “Sakuragawa”, this idiosyncratic artist drops a heads-down techno track that’s full of unusual hooks and a series of stops and starts.