its been a good year so far for a1 bassline, with a string of well thought of releases on dirtybird, his own imprint sourceunknwn and the much touted pets recordings, the home of catz and dogz.this new offing on his own label again phobia, a colab with the fast up coming bobby champs (pictures/hypercolour), is sure to have similar success, on the b side kevin mcphee delivers a dark techno remix.

bobby champs stormed in the scene with his debut moonlight earlier this year, universally praised by publications like ra (4/5), mixmagand dj mag. follow up ep drag queen shows a development, a more mature but still raw sound explores berlins midnight and londons 3am. title track drag queen is quite unlike anything else, a weird track, an enigma, a four four kick provides some sanctity to the listener whilst scratching synth work and unusual textures bemuse and delight in equal measure. latte brings us back to more familiar club territory, filtering works effortlessly behind the kicks, the synths reference piano house. charlie is a menacing beast with swagger, beautifully produced arrays of clicks massage the cerebellum whilst the pounding drums kick you in the chest.

phat selection

to mark the labels 20th release, the cassette library invites various members of the gang to remix each others work. bobby champs, west norwood cassette library, kevin mcphee, j tijn, j tijn, knowing looks, kamikaze space programme, west norwood cassette library.