Belbury Poly & Moon Wiring Club - Study Series 01: Youth and Recreation

Always wondered why Ghost Box released CDs only. No need to wonder any longer. One of two heavyweight 7" offerings on the label this week is a Belbury Poly & Moon Wiring Club collaboration. This side wots playing now has a steady rudimentary beat that sounds quite in the realms early Ninja Tune layered with bloopy analogue strides & some quite wonderful effects & atmospherics firing off all over the shop. It juxtaposes both eeriness & wibbly daftness within the framework of a catchy mid-paced downtempo roller. The flip has a proper mean funky drum break straight out of the Cherrystones/Malcolm Catto bible, overlaid with all manner of progressive effects, once again splicing the deliriously nostalgic with the gently sinister. Lovely mean bassline topped with a fabulous array of striking keyboards & astral ephemera, not to mention some alarmingly crazed samples raising the game to the next level. Definitely the finer out of the two sides, this is a most welcome change of tack from this respected "hauntological" stable.