- Brassfoot was a neat addition to the Apron Records family, as he plots a very Funkineven-like course between soulful house and evil acid workouts. Where this year's Apron EP focused on the producer's dark side, the After Dark EP for Unknown To The Unknown is friendlier—though there's a hint of menace beneath its playful surfaces. "After Darkness" is the cheeriest of the lot, a low-slung house number thrown together with the bootstrap glee of breakbeat hardcore. It slouches along nicely, but doesn't really go anywhere. "We Made It Out The Hood Ma" is better, sounding like a New Jack Swing production on a shoestring budget.
For the rest of the EP those evil undertones sit closer to the surface. "Bass Deco"'s blunted claps and airless acid burble are slowed to a sub 100 BPM head-nod. Which is at least 10 BPM too far, and some trippy delays in the closing minute aren't enough to lift the listless mood. "Indigenous Memories" is bookended by a kitschy monologue extolling the virtues of LSD, though the music seems more interested in the grimmer consequences of excess. Gummy rave chords come in a troubled minor key, and the trudging beat mimics the lockstep of a dance floor on the wrong side of dawn.
TracklistA1 After Darkness
A2 We Made It Out The Hood Ma
B1 Indigenous Memories
B2 Bass Deco