Following releases for Perlon and Mental Groove, and coinciding with the release of her stellar Panoramabar 01 mix cd, Berlin-based Cassy Britton kicks off her own self-titled label with this fine twelve-inch. No stranger to production, the a-side fuses the refined tones and crisp percussive elements familiar from her minimal Perlon work, but moves in a different direction with slightly off-kilter, open piano chords and soulful female vocals over a more traditional house groove. If the a-side is music for beach sunsets and Balearic raving, the b-side is much more on the haunted haus tip, fusing classic Roland drum tones with a sinister, growling bass line and an absolutely eerie polyphonic vocal samples that make you look over shoulder repeatedly. Personally, I’m not sure how often I’d pull this side out of my bag for fear of instigating really creepy trips, but the cut is nonetheless a very good one.

Cassy / Cassy 001
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[Colin James Nagy]