2 out of 5

Label: WeMe Records

Produced by: ?

Hm, this one loses me a bit. Or Jodey Kendrick’s speaker-shattering breakbeaty Lord of the D output just isn’t for me.

This hasn’t been one of Kendrick’s more used aliases, and WeMe is billing it as a “return” – the last physical output was 2015 – but I’m not yet versed enough in J.K.’s many aliases to say if this return merits some noticeable difference in the artist’s output. While Durocobrivis puts more emphasis on IDM clicky drum rushes, the overall structure I’ve found on my few Kendrick selections hold very, very true here: build up to a beat, and repeat. If the beats themselves on this EP felt more noteworthy, that might’ve carried me along through its three tracks, but beyond a fantastic setup in opener Dunstable – atmospherics letting a thick bass thump in, before the track breaks out in manic percussion – B-side’s _o Ixed __mpo is too much stop and start, making it a halfway point between the A-side tune and closer DBLE, which, er, doubles down on non-stop BPM’s.

I’d say if you’re listening to this strategically, for getting your body moving, and maybe the depth of the content isn’t as important, the bookends on here work, but that makes _o Ixed __mpo’s frequent breaks questionable; and surely if the repetition found in DBLE (and even Dunstable’s last section is essentially cut-and-paste) syncs with other things in your catalogue, then maybe this “return” of Kendrick’s will be more celebrated by you.