( LAA 008 ) UKNOW aka ANDREY ZENKOV - T18 EP (12") Laate France

Andrey Zenkov has already released rather a lot of good music under a variety of aliases - Basic7 being the most celebrated - so it's little surprise to see him resurface with a brand-new pseudonym, Unknow. Despite the new name, the producer's sharply dancefloor-focused instincts remain in-tact. Those familiar with his hypnotic, bass-heavy brand of tech-house box jams will enjoy gently mind-altering opener 'T18' and the tougher 'Mr Flat', where cloudy minor key chords ride locked-in drums and a bubbly analogue bassline. His love of broken computer style blips and bleeps comes to the fore on B-side opener 'Frogs', while Robin Ordell's EP-closing revision of 'T18' is a rolling, sub-heavy tech-house treat.