machine drum - half the battle 12" review from boomkat.com It took some time, but Mr Drum’s debut album ‘Now You Know’ fast became a bit of a classic, the man fast overthrowing the likes of Push Button Objects and Mr Herren from the hiphoptronica throne. This long awaited new 6 tracker features new Machine Drum material, alongside remixes from MD regulars Proem, Brothomstates and Ilkae. EP opener ‘Half The Battle’ sticks to the stuttered vocals/jazz keys/squashed beats formula perfected on the last LP, but it’s a formula that really does work. In the words of a dear friend, why fix a running horse? The remixes on the flip do the business with much aplomb, Proem tweaking the beats and adding some luscious vocoded licks while Warp’s Brothomstates applies some shuffling breaks and re-directs proceedings towards more frenzied ground. In all, seriously dope.

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