Mr. Beatnick - 'Savannah' EP

As can be learnt from his Dummy mix (one of our favourites of the year in fact), Stoke Newington boy Mr. Beatnick is a darn good DJ, appearing on many a line-up across the capital and rocking a party with end-to-end deep cuts. Slightly less talked about is his work as a producer. His sporadic releases over the years have been solid machine funk that tackle house music with a hip hop producer’s mindset, a trend that continues on his new ‘Savannah’ EP. There’s electro (Blue Dreams), there’s rave (Parallax Scroll), there’s jacking house (Savannah) and then there’s the EP highlight Symboioses, a warm house track with eye-wateringly beautiful string samples bang in the middle. A lot of variety, then, but it all sounds like Mr. Beatnick, and that’s the most important thing. Hat tip to Hyponik for the premiere.