Michael Morph – Something For The Weakened

Michael Morph’s natural groove appears to be fidget house, but Something For The Weakened is packed with plenty of gear changes to please more catholic tastes. Love Song, despite its title, is a hiccupping slap of techno with lashings of white noise, whilst Love Is Blind Drunk is similarly glitchy. The ghetto-fabulous diva vocals of Do What You Want evoke the currently fashionable sounds of Chicago Juke music, and stands as a definite highlight.

Whilst some of the more pedestrian numbers could slip into obscurity, the outright brilliance of Mandown demonstrates Morph’s production smarts. A seamless blend of sampled break beats and programmed grooves, the track stutters along in fits and coughs, before building to a crescendo of what sound like demon vuvuzelas. Something For The Weakened is extremely bass-heavy, yet never feels weighed down in the manner that dub-influenced music often does, instead marching forward in a slightly mental dance. [Joe Barton]