X22RME is possibly the most straight up 4 x 4 number since 2010's Lost, while its fractured skeleton is out and out UK hardcore, the avant edge is expelled through the euphoric FX, crashing down like vast waves before breaking the piece into a sample from an unknown source questioning the different meaning of owning things within our materialistic world. Twisting the sounds into his singular pallet with CYN, the opening burst of rap bars builds into a shuffling garage swing that mirrors his Wiley remix from a while back. This is continued expertly on FANTASYNTH where we are left unable to shake the feeling of half-remembered déjà vu, the echo of past recordings carefully circulating just out of grasp.īleeding in influence from the endlessly innovative grime & jungle white labels that make up the rich musical heritage from which he comes, AZD finds Actress moving deeper into these styles than ever before. Setting itself up for what is sure to be one of the most submerged techno trax of 2017. This low-key vibe is continued through the escalating gyro house of UNTITLED 7, the carefully constructed strings siding up to a constantly evolving swarm of synthesis that wraps itself around a half time kick. Returning to the scene in style, AZD starts off with the digital rainfall of NIMBUS, where we find ourselves spending a stoned Saturday afternoon. A fascinating viewpoint that showed the wax being chewed up and spat out into the sometimes menacing, aquatic marble plexus that is the Actress sound. The common theme through all these tracks exposed the listening habits that bleed into his productions.
Much like his solo material, this mix really showed the expansive range of Actress' influence and influences - be it classic deep house, bassbin soundboy destruction, complex electro-acoustic structures and downwards darkside techno. A mix where the common echoes of urbanite musique concrète that is so key to his sound were brought out of like-minded artists such as Breaker 1 2, Autechre, Beneath & Simbiosi. Having kept a hidden profile in the intervening years since Ghettovillle, Actress's only entry into our collective consciousness was his highly lauded DJ-Kicks. AZD finds Actress back doing it like no other, a twelve track journey that draws on the smokiest basement techno, the highest blunted garage beats and the most lit skunk-induced ambience, traversed through a night spent rolling deep through the hazy matrix that makes up his South London boroughs, skyline club music illuminated only by dimly lit street lights shot through blacked-out car windows.
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