Ultrasone is the abundantly talented duo from Belgium currently lighting up some of the most influential labels on the planet. This time bringing their own particular brand of techy underground ethereal grooves to Supplement Facts, ‘Here And So Far EP’ is a mad trip that veers from delicate percussive minimalism to full on dancefloor demolition. Opening track ‘Here And So Far’ builds into a fizzing, chugging framework of metallic beats and swirling euphoric melodies as momentum ebbs and flows until the intricately laced textures intensify and the track results in a deep and heady thrill ride for the dancefloor, as driving as it is melodic. On a similar sonic chameleon streak - ‘Meetin’ Again’ spirals from a stripped back, brooding bassline with a hypnotic grip to a rise of warping synth patterns that eventually descend into a bouncing funk filled groove. Already getting rinsed by Seth Troxler and Bill Patrick, ‘Meetin Again’ is the creeper waiting to explode. Third up, ‘Motus’ is another meandering mood setter. Whispering winds create misty atmospherics while a pattering of light-footed percussion drives this rhythmic groove as the weird chiming melodies add a psychedelic dimension. Belgium born Igor Vicente and Vernon Bara were early party friends in their hometown of Mons and after a string of solo projects, have since developed a potent musical partnership in Ultrasone. Bara has already stacked up over 200 productions and remixes on labels such as OM, OFF, Robsoul and Toys For Boys and Igor Vicente runs one of Belgium’s most successful underground parties ‘Wildfamily’. Now having notched up releases on two of the most high-profile labels in the business – Hot Creations (‘Breath N Pop’) and earlier a track on the
Visionquest Spring/Summer Collection (‘Don’t Feel No Way’), it’s no wonder that master of modern house imprint Supplement Facts wants a slice of the action. More