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Cat: PAN 106. Rel: 17 Feb 20
Techno

Side 1 - Track 1. Workaround 1 Side 1 - Track 2. Workaround 2 Side 1 - Track 3. Workaround 3 Side 1 - Track 4. Workaround 4 Side 1 - Track 5. Workaround 5 Side 2 - Track 1. Clouds Strum Side 2 - Track 2. Workaround 6 Side 2 - Track 3. Workaround 7 Side 2 - Track 4. Workaround 8 Side 2 - Track 5. Workaround 9 Side 2 - Track 6. Square Fifths Side 2 - Track 7. Workaround Bass Side 2 - Track 8. Pause Side 2 - Track 9. Workaround 10

It's been a long time coming, but finally Beatrice Dillon has delivered her debut album - and it's a peach. It sees her "Workaround" a set rhythmic idea - 150 BPM percussive polyrhythms influenced by various global drumming styles - to create a suite of tracks rooted in bass-heavy UK style "broken techno" but vastly different in tone and style. Thanks to a range of impressive guest musicians (techno experimentalists Batu and Laurel Halo both contributed alongside veteran jazz players, one of Britain's best bhangra drummers and a cellist), there's a fantastic hybrid electronic/acoustic vibe throughout, with Dillon's experimental instincts combining with her grasp of mood and melody to create a suite of impossible-to-pigeonhole tracks that genuinely sound like nothing else around. In a word: superb