PLAZA 001 vinyl

Australians seem to be doing something right with their house music these days, with Perth being a veritable hotbed for quality dance music all-round! The Plaza boys launch their own label here, a debut spear-headed by a delightful collaborative EP which spans all corners of the so-called 'outsider' realm. Atripat opens with a curious cocktail of dizzy, distorted sonics lulling about to a groove made of bleeps and sporadic injections of melodies, which is a perfect way for Consulate to drop the grungy electro of "Zersetsung" on our asses. The flipside is inaugurated by Lanngman's "80017A", another feisty, mutant bass-boasting bullet of electro weaponised to the teeth with raw jungle breaks, so it's up to Mike Midnight to settle the scores with a comparatively gentler house framework in the form of "CL CL". Don't fret, though, there is plenty of dread and hardcore sensibility even in the more restrained moments throughout this fine opening EP from Plaza.