Description
Following the launch of its vinyl-focused Various Artists series in 2024, FUSE returns to the format for its second edition, bringing Wilba, dombee, A:G and Marlie together on the imprint across four tracks. Where the opening release introduced another outlet for the breadth surrounding Enzo Siragusa’s label, its follow-up pushes further into that idea, moving between elastic house grooves, acid-charged electronics and the more fractured edges of breaks and electro across the record. Wilba opens the A-side with ‘Loop Addict’, locking sharp, elastic synth lines into a zippy groove as flashes of 303 character weave around hooky vocal samples and tightly worked drums. dombee follows with ‘Arno’, pairing a snarling bassline and skippy percussion with breezier melodic touches and vibrant electronics, shifting the record into brighter territory without losing its low-end pull. On the flip, A:G takes things further with ‘Round-Trip Return’. Cosmic details circle around a driving rhythm as corrosive electronic lines cut through the mix, gradually drawing the track into a tunnelling late-night trip. Marlie then closes proceedings with ‘Three Dee’, switching things towards breaks and electro as warped sonics, freakish details and twisting synth work bring the second volume to an appropriately off-kilter finish.