SIS – round pen EP

ARTIST: SIS

TITLE: ROUND PEN EP

LABEL: CROSSTOWN REBELS

Shakers and bongos open things up on ‘Faces’, before a big, unwavering 4/4 kick enters the floor coupled with a hazy bassline.

An evocative vocal loop is used creatively in trademark SIS style and will no doubt have the same devastating effect on the floor.

For A2, things get a little darker with a minimal, almost micro house intro on ‘Unforty’. Spacey pads and a menacing bassline lead the way hypnotically until an organ synth line snaps us out of the trance, giving the track a new perspective.

On the flip we dive straight back into some more vocal-led, peak time madness on ‘Miles From Me’.

SIS displays his renowned propensity for manipulated vocals, chopping up a blues sample beyond recognition and then releasing the full vocal later on; whist a gratifying combo of warming distortion, elongated reverb tails and echoed stabs ensures that sounds twist and turn for the duration.

Finally we return to the deep for ‘Forward Line’, a driving and relentless piece characterised by a slick percussive groove and hypnotic synth lead.

The EP is out 6th August 2012.

Ranking is 8/10.