Keeno18 - Channel 18 (2016)

Jimmy Edgar's label has shone a spotlight on new, emerging talent before and does so again with Channel 18. The work of Reggie Johnson, this six-track release flirts with house and techno structures, but also throws clicks'n'cuts and IDM influences into the mix to create a heady, offbeat sound. "AJH" and "Fire Procedure" are the most dance floor-focused tracks here - the former is a stripped back, sample-heavy affair, while on the latter, an ominous vocal intones 'burn house' over a loopy groove. "Hutenzo" makes its approach to the listener via a different direction, and its chiming bells sound like a demented version of Efdemin. "QRTZ" meanwhile pushes the shredded, metallic sound started on Hutenzo" to its logical, noisy conclusion, while "That's A Sea Sick Cat" ends the release in a morass of white, seething noise.