Luke VIBERT - Ridmik
HYPERCOLOUR
Electronic / House / TechnoVintage Vinyl 12" / 20 EUR / Sales
Media NM / Sleeve NM
Congratulations to Hypercolour, a label more renowned for its deep and bass-heavy house output, for coaxing a new album out of eccentric veteran Luke Vibert. Happily, Ridmik – the Cornish producer’s sixth solo album under his given name, and first since 2009 – is rather good. Sitting somewhere between the deep, Metro Area-inspired synth disco of Vibert’s Kerrier District project and his rougher, acid-tinged work, Ridmik ebbs and flows with attractive looseness. At times woozy and melodic (see the starburst melodies and lazy rhythms of “Six Eight” and smooth title track), at others ragged and twisted (the alien 303 funk of Proper Gander), Ridmik is an impressive set of analogue workouts dripping with synthesized soul. Recommended.