Melbourne-based, UK-born Jack Rayner, aka Hedchef, is back on Ecke Records for a 4-track EP, ‘On How Not To Become The Monsters We Despise’, with collaborations and remixes in equal abundance. The release arrives following his first appearance on the label in 2021, where he contributed the electro scorcher ‘Solid Lobster Exoskeleton’ to the Various Artists release ‘Friends of Ecke Pt.1’ (FOE01).
For this first full Hedchef EP on the Ecke Records label, ‘On How Not To Become The Monsters We Despise,’ he provides a pumping four-tracker. Opener ‘Could We Not Have Asked For A Smaller Void?’ is a locked-groove broken beat melter, merging dramatic claps, whirring synth accents and an insistent, bleepy earworm motif to form an unorthodox yet dancefloor-ready DJ tool.
Next up, Hedchef joins forces with Brazil-born, Melbourne-based Electro scientist Desinformant for the devastating breakbeat slammer ‘Aiming For Oblivion’, complete with disjointed vocal chops, space-age synth work and unrelenting bass pressure, after which Rayner teams up with New York’s notorious BPM cowboy Doctor Jeep. They work together once again for ‘Order Of Magnitude’, following on from the pair’s collaborations on the Doctor’s ‘Deep Red’ EP on Worst Behaviour Records earlier this year.
‘On How Not To Become The Monsters We Despise’ continues with Hedchef’s ‘The Presence Of A Gaping Hole’, a glitchy broken-beat heater juxtaposed with smooth synth stabs and more signature chopped-up vocals before Ecke Records’ own production duo Squallfront turns ‘Could We Not Have Asked For A Smaller Void?’ into a high-energy drum workout and Electro mainstay Hermeth remixes ‘Aiming For Oblivion’ for the closer.
Hedchef ‘On How Not To Become The Monsters We Despise’ arrives 13th June 2024 via Ecke Records.
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Tracklist
01 Hedchef – Could We Not Have Asked For A Smaller Void?
02 Hedchef & Desinformant – Aiming For Oblivion
03 Hedchef & Doctor Jeep – Orders Of Magnitude
04 Hedchef – The Presence Of A Gaping Hole
05 Hedchef – Could We Not Have Asked For A Smaller Void? (Squallfront Remix)
06 Hedchef & Desinformant – Aiming For Oblivion (Hermeth Remix)
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