Ralph Cumbers' debut Bass Clef 12" for PAN sees the modular maestro stalking the floor with typical, technical suss and cheeky UK humor. This EP patches a lattice of reference ports between Radiophonic experimentation, bedroom electronica, classic dub production techniques, and the spirits of halcyon UK rave music. His "Self-Perpetuating Fun Loop" is razor-sharp acid funk in the tradition of Luke Vibert and the Rephlex hordes, and "Fluorescent City Shining City" is a playful piece of acid-dub strut. "Euphoric Nihilism" flashes glimpses of 'ardcore whistles and EBM in its tightly-coiled matrix, while "Adventures Unventured, Tenderness Untendered" is a blissed steppers' kiss-off meeting digi-dub and misty-eyed IDM.
