SABLA Schallplatten & CDs

Review: Gang of Duck's co-founder Sabla dropped one of our favourite albums of the year way back in January. Now this collaboration with DK gets a prop vinyl run having before only been available on tape in limited quantities. It is smoky and moon-lit dub that tumbles and unfurls with a cerebral quality. Dusty pads are offset by brighter melodies, lurching drum beats softened by luminous chords. It's immersive music for mind, body and soul that brings a new perspective to the world of trip-hop, illbient and ambient beats.

Review: Gang of Duck's co-founder Sabla serves up a debut album on new label Pensaments Sonics, which has been conceived out of the necessity "to release albums from a sonic perspective." This one is a brilliantly frayed-edge, soft focus work of ambient electronics, swirling pads and found sounds that add rich detail to the often sparse tracks. Lots of shadows, dream states and hallucinations feature throughout as tracks get dark and sub aquatic like 'Ground Loop' and more post-human and desolate on 'Constellation Of Data.' Introspective yet propulsive, this is a hugely absorbing listen.