Shanghai Den

Solid information about Shanghai Den is hard to come by; the only previous glimpse of a production credit is a guest spot on Falty DL track King Brute. Though rumours suggest this may actually be a side project from the Ninja Tune artist, you would never guess that off the back of the erratic, rapidly disorienting R&S debut. Lead track The Sun never settles, swerving dramatically through chopped up moving parts as it switches from sweeping pads to intermittent broken beat grooves. Vale W. Group Bench is similarly propulsive, warped by incessant filter effects, searing chords and a recurring string sample almost cartoonish in its nightmarish impact. It’s a brief, thrilling and seriously demanding debut.

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