The Birds 12”

Ian Blevins has been busy making a name for himself on ESP Institute and Futureboogie, but now he comes to Not An Animal with a slightly different approach that still speaks to the skills the upstart producer has in his sonic arsenal. “The Birds” is a focused, steady-tracking cut for the deeper end of the night, but there’s some serious weight in those drums and the heavily processed vocal snippets pack plenty of malaise.

Man Power then step up with a “Tropical Bastard” remix of the original, cracking the curtains to allow a little light into the mix but stopping short of over-cooking the mood. “Locate Yourself” on the flip finds Blevins in tracky techno mode, and it turns out it’s a style he can nail just as easily as the more organic tones he’s known for.