Lee Gamble “Plos 97s”

28 Nov 2012 — Henning Lahmann

The fine folks over at FACT have gone ahead and done the inevitable, which is naming Bill Kouligas' Berlin-based powerhouse PAN best label of 2012, a decision that's almost hilariously obvious (that being said, they forgot one or two labels on their list, but we won't go into detail now). On December 7, the imprint will drop another outstanding release, Lee Gamble's Dutch Tvashar Plumes, the artist's second work within a few months after his overwhelmingly excellent blurred jungle homage Diversions 1994-1996, an EP so forceful and moving we're still not done struggling to wrap our mind around it. Dutch Tvashar Plumes draws on similar conceptions of hauntology and abstraction, still steeped in noise and the United Kingdom's electronic music legacy, yet the LP (which might be called a proper full-length) also manages to turn the music's focus back towards the dancefloor, with allusions to contemporary techno and house more prominent than before, in a way that very much resembles Actress's or even Vessel's approaches to dance music as of late. Highly recommended, take a listen to first cut "Plos 97s" below.