- Soaring rhythms and cosmic ambience from PLO Man, C3D-E and Hashman Deejay.
- The latest double-pack from Acting Press shows label bosses PLO Man and C3D-E teaming up with Vancouver staple Hashman Deejay under the name INT*era. As with the label's previous releases, it's defined by an ebb and flow between ambience and rhythm. The opener, "697," starts with seven minutes of sighing pads and percolating melodies before the final four introduce a sparse snare. At over 11 minutes, it's the longest track on the record, but not exactly an outlier—three of them hover around the ten-minute mark.
This is one of Acting Press's most immersive records to date. The barely-there breakbeat that sits under the bleeps and chords of "463" transitions so smoothly into the more club-friendly "548" that it's impossible to pinpoint when the tempo changed. The same trick happens in reverse on the D-Side. "414" is the peppiest song on the record, a zippy four-to-the-floor rhythm with an aquatic-sounding melody that fades out into the ambient reprise, "410." That leaves the colossal C-Side, "653." Rushing chords and skittering snares fight for air on this dance floor bomb. Like the other beat-driven tracks on the record, it's fast and amorphous, the highlight of another exceptional trip through the Acting Press universe.
TracklistA1 697
B1 463
B2 548
C1 653
D1 414
D2 410