At a surprising name your price offering, Archive: Vol. I is a worthwhile investment keeping underground musicians like HATCH (aka London’s prolific Eugene Rowlett) moving towards a mission to re-envision old-school bleep electronics.
A mission to re-envision old-school bleep electronics
At a surprising name your price offering, Archive: Vol. I is a worthwhile investment keeping underground musicians like HATCH (aka London’s prolific Eugene Rowlett) moving towards a mission to re-envision old-school bleep electronics. The focused sound sculptor continues where previous albums left off—showcasing ten tracks that sputter and ricochet dense hip-hop, dub, drums, acid, and electro-techno structures. The creative flash back and forth between classic rave and high viscosity breaks sessions (ref. “First Time”and and “Blouse and Skirts”) to more laid back and chilled acidic pieces (ref. “Cool J” and “Rag It Up”) and grit-infused vintage sounding electro (ref. “Let’s Rock,” “Fooligan,” “Church (version 2)”), HATCH lays it all out in a fluid and funky collection. Graffiti laden, rave blasted, breakbeat triggered and bass blistered thuds for the senses—Archive: Vol. I is the first volume of unearthed gems that hopefully means there’s more in the pipeline.
Archive: Vol. I is available on Section 27. [Bandcamp]
