EU, Mandarines [Delikatessen Records – PLATE7, 2003]

delikatessen_plate7_2002EU on Delikatessen what can you say? With out a doubt a worthy follow-up to the mysterious Myrza release. Not as intense beats programming, but excellent down-tempo bass-filled electronica bearing EU’s analogue sounding trademark.There are four tracks on the 10″ ranging from the hallow yet solid beats and quirky melody in the forward moving opening track “Blizzard” to the fantastically bassy and jazzy “Ruw” on the A-side. Flip the vinyl over and you get in down tempo beats and melancholy in “Snowstorm” and a funny reversed bassline in “Frost”, a take on things that I haven’t heard in a long time. All in all, four thoroughly enjoyable tracks and a definite buy, but surely you had already guessed the conclusion: it’s delikatessen!