- Catchy and expressive club music from a rising star, with a stellar Nick León remix.
- As a DJ, SUCHI's sets can energetically veer from aggressive to joyous and stylistically jump from breakbeats to Bollywood edits. As a producer, the Manchester artist crafts dense yet bubbly techno, progressive house and IDM, invoking both introspection and escapism. Her style is clearly in-demand—last year alone, she played Sónar, two Boiler Rooms, fabric and Warehouse Project, and contributed guest mixes for Mary Anne Hobbs' BBC radio show, Feel My Bicep and others. She's quickly becoming a master of moods, as demonstrated on her latest EP. Across four tracks, Birdy Bell moves from high-precision dance floor heaters to home listening jams.
Birdy Bell follows in the footsteps of her previous EP Seher / Lykke, which zeroed in on two different types of minimal techno—dark and upbeat. The title track is driving, acid-laced techno with a springy bassline and no-nonsense drums, easily the record's definitive peak-time offering. A slight dembow swing to the percussion and a snippet of high-pitched laughter add a sense of playfulness to what would otherwise be serious, heads-down techno. On his remix, Miami star Nick León opts for a more fragmented arrangement, chopping up the drums while playing up its dembow lurch.
The rest of Birdy Bell is trippy and atmospheric. The tech house-leaning "100 Rupees" is still hard-hitting, but with a spacier, afterhours-friendly energy thanks to stuttered synth bleeps that sound like distorted vocals. "All In Time" is the EP's most poignant and emotive cut, an IDM and tech house hybrid with a wistful melody that could score a moment of self-realisation as much as it could a sunrise. Richly textured with a powerful punch, Birdy Bell is a tour-de-force of expressive dance music and more proof that SUCHI deserves a place in the upper echelons of clubland.
Tracklist01. Birdy Bell
02. 100 Rupees
03. All In Time
04. Birdy Bell (Nick León Remix)