The Persuader
Skärgård

VIL is the alias of Portuguese producer Nuno Costa, who has racked up some great releases on top labels like Klockworks, Be As One and Hardgroove in recent times. The influence of late '90s techno from the turn of the millennium is the focus on Above Below; from cyclical peak-time tools such as 'Rotari' (which receives an utterly hypnotic rework by Ednd later) or 'Blanco', while 'Ghet09' wears its Robert Hood influence firmly on its sleeve, and likewise the slamming heads-down groove of 'Anjos, The New Birmingham' does so too, with more of a nod to early Mark Broom or Ben Sims.

After being marooned in a small beach town in Brazil at the start of the pandemic, California-born Gene On Earth eventually made it home to Berlin. As the reality of the global situation sunk in, he set to work on his second album, working in an obsessive daily rhythm. After gathering an arsenal of samples and inspiration he returned to the studio for 5 months of feverish work. Set for release on June 3rd via his own imprint Limousine Dream, ‘Time on The Vine’ is a slick record delivered with the laid-back warmth of a producer at the top of his game. Breezy yet assured, its wonky minimal rhythms are as feel good as they are fun, a perfect antidote to the long and waning pandemic that birthed them.