Handle It EP

Handle It EP

Richard Dinsdale [Toolroom]

19 February, 2008 | 8.07AM

• Written by: The Last Real DJ Alive
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Mr. Dinsdale comes clean with four distinct electro house numbers for you this month, courtesy of Toolsroom Recordings.

His haunting, bell-like ‘Handle It’ is, predictably, the standout track in this EP.

It’s a nicely engineered piece of music that pumps hard in all the right places.

Richard Dinsdale uses side-chain compression here to good effect as the big, vibrant bassline ducks out of the way of the funky-as-fuck beats.

He adds some cool syncopated non-musical stabs too, which shunt through the groove and really add to the overall groovy feeling.

The other tracks aren’t on par with the former – ‘No Soul’ is cool enough but the vocal sample might be a bit too dominant on the drop for some.

That said, it sounds excellent on a proper sound system, and the 1980s Ghostbusters vibe is funky and fun.

‘Too Much’ is a real sneaky one, complete with nice, worn-vinyl effects, whilst ‘Firewire’ is a hard, minimalist banger with an emphasis on Nightrider-style arpeggiators and hard house synths.

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