Suddi Raval

Formerly one half of Together - they of 1990 rave anthem 'Hardcore Uproar' - and most recently the author of a (very) brief history of acid house, Suddi Raval is a bona fide UK dance music legend. It's perhaps fitting then that he's delivered the debut release on Balkan Vinyl's new seven-inch series, Kanlab. Raval sets his stall out with 'Transmission', an immersive chunk of deep space electro brilliance in which enveloping pads, jaunty analogue bass, star-fall electronics and bleeping lead lines cluster around a chy but laidback electro beat. On 'Loop 17', Raval brilliantly sets the scene via creepy chords and pulsing sci-fi electronics, before introducing foreboding bass and rolling machine drums. It's cinematic in its scope and feel, as if it was initially intended to soundtrack a critical scene in a sci-fi flick.