Ill Blu

Bellion / Dragon Pop

New EP on Numbers from the elusive North London funky production duo Ill Blu. 'Meltdown' ripples into earshot with fast paced congas rolling endlessly, flamming with intent, before the bomb like mid range tweaked bass line explodes and the kick drum pound really takes hold. Adding swelling strings and tremeloed melodics 'Meltdown' progresses into something a little more pensive, before the switch returns and that b-line drops in hard again. 'Overdose' wheels out one of those naggingly insistent Scratcha DVA-esque, nursery rhyme like lead lines - one of those that worms its way into everything you do for hours after you hear it. And it's the same combination of simple sound banks and borderline maddening melodies that dominate 'Chelt', its rasping open snare snapping out under the hard stabs and choppy flickers of percussive texture.