Poltergeist

In the midst of my healing process, I was sent yet another new piece from Bothan. I explained the sitch and told him I'd post it as soon as I healed a bit. Well here we are. So let's not beat around the bush and get to the meat of the thing shall we? Here's a little slice of October in July for you with the Haunted EP



We open with the suitably spooky title track Haunted, a short little piece that had me wondering for a while whether it had a really subtle sample of The Specials' Ghost Town in it. Still, the suitably ghostly organ-esque opening is a treat, and in keeping with the series of small instrumentals we've seen so far from Bothan.

Speaking of in keeping, the shelf wobbling sound of tunes such as Surface Bends is still here, giving my walls a good old dusting off is Gauntlet. It's crying out for some lyrical accompaniment I reckon, which I suppose is the intention and high praise for any producer out there.

The final tune and highlight for me, Clouded. It had me from the get go, as you all know I'm a real sucker for anything with a smooth sound and the intro has it in spades. That is until after turning it up to get an earful I was almost blown out of my chair. I'm fairly certain it's a crime to have a bassline that deep up against an intro like that. Instrumentation is sparse throughout but it really works in this case, I'm a strong believer in ending releases on a downtempo note, and this ticks that box and then some.

So that about wraps the whole thing up, this EP is also on Spotify for your alternate streaming needs, and if you're looking to throw a couple of quid Bothan's way, you can pick up the EP on Beatport, or iTunes too. Should be back to fairly normal sched as of now, I'll catch y'all soon!


-Claude Van Foxbat