- This colourful EP from Rephlex alumnus Ed Upton as EDMX is the first vinyl release from Skrufix, a Berlin label specialising in breakbeat-driven rave, house and techno. With its giant acid bassline and Public Enemy voice sample (Chuck D's iconic "hear the drummer get wicked" line from "Welcome To The Terrordome"), the title track could almost be a slightly less terrifying cut from the early-'00s oeuvre of Hellfish, and it succeeds on similarly no-nonsense terms.
After a loungey opening couple of minutes evocative of Upton's more luxuriant outings as DMX Krew, "No Papa" takes an odd turn with a bizarre cheapo keyboard line. Upton is an experienced producer, and presumably he meant it to sound this way, but it feels jarring and plastic. The flip has better things in store, with "Fizzy Track"'s twinkly cadences and "Bedtime Banshee"'s Eastern-tinged analogue electro, though neither threatens the title track as the record's main attraction.
TracklistA1 The Fizzy Track
A2 No Papa
B1 Wicked Drummer
B2 Bedtime Banshee