already OOP! "LA's Alpha Pup label continues to dominate the leftfield beat world with a top class LP from Take. His style has become established alongside figures like Ras G, Onra or Nosaj Thing of late with a blend of electro-leaning synthlines and lop-sided beats nudged with that sun-drenched LA flavour. You know the sort of stuff that makes you dance like a spaceman in slow motion? 'Only Mountain' collects 13 variations on this theme, keeping the vibes pressure-crushed and smudgy for psychedelic effect, at times like 'Horizontal Figuration' or the remake of Bullion's 'Payroll' remix flicking the anti-gravity button for a gorgeously heady effect or on 'Quartz For Amber' dropping more terrestrial sub bumps and android dream-sequences to keep us anchored. This is really delicious album for fans of Illum Sphere, the whole Beat Dimensions lot and that plugged-in electro-soul dream arena.1 Before You Think 4:05 2 Neon Beams 3:39 3 Horizontal Figuration 2:39 4 Crystallia 3:43 5 Don't Look Now 3:40 6 Quartz For Amber 3:11 7 If We Don't All Go Insane 3:23 8 Begin End Begin 3:49 9 Incredibright 3:44 10 Creosote 3:31 11 Paper Garden 3:58 12 Implosions 3:34 13 Juniper 4:08
