- Lily's Modern Malaise tape seemed keen to prove its anonymous (male) creator's versatility, navigating through all manner of idiosyncratic techno styles. If there was one thing Lily did best, however, it was slow: heavy-footed, shoulder-rolling grooves. Memory Jacket, a 10-inch for Lily's regular outlet, Don't Be Afraid, is fine evidence of the producer's chops. It's a psychedelic slow-dance, trudging along close to 100 BPM, its thick, scorched atmospherics providing a trip for the head while the feet keep shuffling. Even the bassline is a blunted, ponderous thing, dragging reluctantly behind the groove. It's a satisfying addition to the Lily canon, if not quite a revelatory one.
On the flip, Madteo's remix is similarly comfortable in its own skin (though use of the word "comfortable" in relation to Madteo's discography seems perverse). It's best understood as two tracks overlaid: one, a shimmering techno loop, the other a collage of parched feedback tones. The two never find equilibrium, instead bobbing and weaving around one another, causing disorienting volume duck-outs and moments of throttled stasis. The effect—disjointed but remarkably fluid—will be familiar to Madteo fans, but that's no bad thing.
TracklistA1 Memory Jacket
B1 Memory Jacket (Madteo's Tutto Nero Remix)