4 out of 5

Label: Syncrophone Recordings

Produced by: J. Moy

Bubbling, precise jams from MOY. Deepening 991 takes a delightfully backwards-sounding synth line and puts it through its paces, MOY keeping a soft, bassline funk throughout and building up and pulling away while keeping the main synth central, but not overused – its the hook the song returns to, while not relying on it.

Carl Finlow’s remix of the same is, appreciably, a different song: he acids up the beat and reverses the focus, slowing down that main effect but keeping it as a constant motif. The remix is longer than the original and you can hear that: it’s a bit more club-focused and loops, ultimately getting a tad repetitive after the 5-minute mark or so.

On the B-side, the title track is a masterpiece of control: MOY mixes in bird tweets throughout, using muted percussion and a fluttering low end to (to me) simulate flight and coasting; wandering around its titular landscape and observing the creatures therein. Backup Warphenge is just solid MOY: the callouts feel like mushing together sci-fi symbology, with the music a peppy zoom through of IDM breaks and a playful synth line, again keeping the mix more focused on melody than the beats.