Evil Nine - Icicles

Neither evil or nine, Tom Beaufoy and Pat Pardy are Adam Freeland’s favourite pets. Since signing to the electro maverick’s Marine Parade label, the breakbeat-spewing duo has collaborated with an elite of hip-hop dignitary while gorging on acclaim from the music press’s ink-smudged pages. Latest single Icicles – the final extract from last year’s They Live! LP – affirms the pairings' sonic screwing mettle. A rush of frostbitten synths and probing drum loops, this thrusting, atmospheric canter oozes a mystique akin to Subtle and TV on the Radio. They may be Freeland’s protegés, but here Evil Nine brilliantly prove their own worth.