Afterlife vinyl

Recently tipped for greatness by Peaking Lights, you should be fully aware of Secret Circuit by now, having helped establish the Beats In Space label last year as well as releasing a killer album on Emotional Response. Eddie Ruscha Jnr returns to Beats Ib Space here ahead of a new album for Tim Sweeney's label and Afterlife has us purring with anticipation. The track has "instant classic" written all over it from the opening strains of its deep melodic analogue squelch, and though the vocals catch you by surprise they only enhance what is a nugget of Balearic gold. On the flip, the Ukrainian hero that is Vakula proves an inspired choice of remixer, turning the title track into a low-slung dusky house gem, while "Afterdub" rounds out the package, taking the original and floating it upwards on a cloud of hydrogenated synths.

Andrew Pirie (Melting Pot), Alexis Le-Tan, Brendan Clark (Northern Purpose), Lexx, Felix Dickinson, Lawrence Le Doux, Juno Recommends Disco, Permanent Vacation, Ben Monk, Eddie C, Francis Inferno Orchestra, San LAURENTINO, COYOTE Is It Balearic?, Suzanne Kraft