- In spite of a solo career dating back to 2002, Mix Mup is best known for his collaborations with Kassem Mosse. The two have been sounding increasingly broken and off-the-cuff of late. Earlier in the year they released a crusty, disorienting statement as MM / KM, and it's fair to say that Drive-By, Mix Mup's latest EP for Mikrodisko, continues what that record started.
"8:04 Before" rivals Madteo's productions in late-night seediness. The track creeps off a sample about "riding around before we go to the hotel," its patterns jumbled just left-of-center, infused with smudged brass. Naturally, its dub presents an abridged, skeletal variation on the theme. The flip is less atmospheric, but works with a similar sense of drunken funk. "Transition" lives up to its title as a bridge between moods, with an early scraping shuffle developing into an aggressive (if thoroughly zonked-out), sub-laden close. And just as the squirming tilt of "Tunnels" approaches its logical climax, Mix Mup ends the record. These are bare-bones tracks, but you can hear the producer's fingers all over them.
Tracklist A1 Before
A2 Dub
B1 Transition
B2 Tunnels