Careless Drifter vinyl

Ayrshire's Ewan McVicar returns with a rugged double-header that channels his formative years in the Scottish rave circuit. 'Careless Drifter' lurches forward with thick low-end pressure and twitchy modulation, finally collapsing into a swaying sax break that nods to the more opulent corners of UK rave memory. On the flip, 'Basic Foundation' dials things down without losing focus-slow-motion acid house built from gleaming synths and glowering bass, the kind of thing that turns a packed basement into a seance. Debuted at Corsica and refined at his Handpicked parties, both tracks have the lived-in quality of well-worn favourites-built for dancers, not algorithms.