JoeFarr - Lounge Vibes Volume One (2014)

Promising Bristolian producer JoeFarr released his debut EP in late 2012 for Tigas ever reliant Turbo Recordings, picking up plays from the likes of Dave Clarke, Ivan Smagghe, Dexter & many more. A further EP on Turbo, eClocks, followed, as well as remixes for Tiga and Zombie Nation, so enamored were they with his production prowess, and now kick starting HypeLTDs 2014 campaign, JoeFarr presents four cuts for the Hypercolour offshoot. Lead track eTrapington in instantly grabbing, fuelled by serious horse power, with its nagging and incessant stabs, clangs and vocal chops, underpinned with a meaty and distorted drum pattern. ePocket Face, built around a crunching 909 workout, slaps you around the chops, coming up for air with the spacey synth hook, then back down for more with some almost eRed 1 era Dave Clark-esque vibes on this techno banger. Flipside, eStuckfix keeps things rough and ready, with a mechanical breakbeat juggernaut and tension building strings, whilst closing the eLounge Vibes is eFola44, indeed perhaps the releases most restrained offering, with its deep organ melody springing to life over the dysfunctional beats, doffing its cap to some of the jazzier elements of Detroit techno over the years. JoeFarr, defo one to watch for 2014, and if his eLounge Vibes are like this, were keen to see what he comes up with for the more peak time vibes of his repertoireO.