WORKAROUND (LP)

A1. "Workaround 1" (3:38)
A2. "Workaround 2" (4:22)
A3. "Workaround 3" (4:25)
A4. "Workaround 4" (5:48)
A5. "Workaround 5" (1:39)
B1. "Clouds Strum" (1:18)
B2. "Workaround 6" (3:24)
B3. "Workaround 7" (1:26)
B4. "Workaround 8" (3:16)
B5. "Workaround 9" (4:23)
B6. "Square Fifths" (1:21)
B7. "Workaround Bass" (4:31)
B8. "Pause" (0:59)
B9. "Workaround 10" (1:12)



It's been a long time coming, but finally Beatrice Dillon has delivered her debut album - and it's a peach. It sees her "Workaround" a set rhythmic idea - 150 BPM percussive polyrhythms influenced by various global drumming styles - to create a suite of tracks rooted in bass-heavy UK style "broken techno" but vastly different in tone and style. Thanks to a range of impressive guest musicians (techno experimentalists Batu and Laurel Halo both contributed alongside veteran jazz players, one of Britain's best bhangra drummers and a cellist), there's a fantastic hybrid electronic/acoustic vibe throughout, with Dillon's experimental instincts combining with her grasp of mood and melody to create a suite of impossible-to-pigeonhole tracks that genuinely sound like nothing else around. In a word: superb