Chadderton EP Claro Intelecto

Mark Stewart’s first new material for 2009 has been a long time coming and features three new tracks recorded earlier on this year. ‘Chadderton’ on the A-side is an astonishing slice of deep and woozy midnight House, complete with sleazy chords and a frayed spine that’s primed for peaktime narcosis. ‘Above’ opens the flip with relentless chords and a shuffling percussive line that never lets up, while ‘Great Day’ closes the EP with a cathartic spell that ends almost as soon as it begins, letting in rays of sunshine through the dense thicket of sound that preceeded it.