Perth’s Farmer Frontier label has only come to my attention in the last month or so, but everything I’ve heard so far has been well worth it. This 7″ released in conjunction with Muepe is no exception. It’s a brief selection, with it’s 3 tracks just making it to the 6 minute mark. The title track could be a lo-fi backing track from an early Tricky song, it’s looping instrumental strain steering its own idea of rhythm which is never allowed to settle. ‘Both Sides’ is possibly just that, reworking samples from either side of the vinyl into a brief, 1 minute interlude that sounds like late 60s hippiedom reaching for Jupiter. B-side ‘Chewbacca’s Lament’ is a mellow cut-up of beat-jazz licks and a retro-futurist synth trails. A moody, mellow mix of strangeness that is warmly inviting.
Adrian Elmer
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