Colin Hobbs
Coming Up
White Noise Recordings

DJs will already know the label name as the promotions company started in the mid-90s by David Holmes and Chris Butler to push the underground overground. A few years back Colin Hobbs took over and now hops over to the other side of the fence to put himself at the mercy of the DJs he’s usually hassling for feedback. Brave man but, as it happens, he has nothing to worry about. Colin’s original is a riveting slice of hallucinogenic minimal-flavoured tech-house, big on whispery atmosphere and boasting a slightly 90s feel in the riff department. After building a wall of resonant effects and melodies there’s a huge drop guaranteed to instill the sort of mayhem his reaction sheets crave. He’s dragged in mates for the remixes, Riva Starr cooking up a stripped-down, bendy twang-scape while hot property Christian Hoff boosts both his track and reputation with a minimal workout which runs into a meteor shower halfway. It gives me great pleasure to bash the side of his boat with a bottle of cheap hooch stickered with five dancing men!

5 Out Of 5

Reviewed By: Kris Needs