Planet Mu are releasing two special limited edition cassette tapes for Christmas 2017, one by Claude Speeed and this one by Ekoplekz. As the title suggests, Cassettera assembles a further 10 tracks from the same sessions as Ekoplekz’s recent Bioprodukt album, to be released as a cassette & also digitally.

The beats are still to the fore, even incorporating elements of techno and house, but the mood is darker, with a heavier emphasis on noise and drone textures resulting in a more uneasy listen. This greyscale outlook is reflected in the monochrome variation on Bioprodukt’s sleeve art. ‘Bass 2 Dank’ and ‘Jacktrak’ apply solid kicks and grooves for moody dancefloors, whilst ‘Formative’ and ‘The Imperitive’ combine convoluted percussion and cloying sub-bass with eerie atmospherics. ‘Tactile’ and ‘Nitrate Abuse’ offer minimal user-unfriendly experimental textures and the set ends with the extended grinding dread of ‘The Outlook Is Bleak’.

01 Formative
02 Bass 2 Dank
03 The Imperative
04 Nitrate Abuse
05 Jacktrak
06 Tactile
07 Bedrock
08 Mashdown
09 Seconds Too Soon
10 The Outlook Is Bleak