- Martyn's 3024 label isn't just for anyone. Only a handful of artists have been invited on board, and it's a select cast for sure: 2562, Illum Sphere, Altered Natives and, now, Julio Bashmore, who comes aboard with—what's this? A wedding song? "Oh, girl—we should get married," goes the hook of "Batty Knee Dance," dreamily, over and over again; pretty tough to resist, unless you have commitment issues. The music, with its softly bent, spacy pads and brisk, clap-lined beat, gives that vocal a hesitant tinge, both in the way it lays back in the beat and for the suspended melancholy those synth chords offer up—serene and urgent, a potent combination.
"Ribble to Amazon" has a similar formula, but with very different elements. Here, the track playfully recapitulates the synth pads and long build-ups of trance, but Bashmore's light touch and emphasis on low end make it closer to Detroit than Ibiza. The digital-only "Grand National" features a whinnying mare popping up throughout a simple groove that could have been on the Beverly Hills Cop soundtrack, while every so often a trumpet calls a Boy Scouts meeting to order.
Tracklist A Batty Knee Dance
B Ribble to Amazon
Digital: Grand National