Look At Yourself/Girl/It's

Indigo’s genre bending label is back after a brief hiatus with a stunning 3 track 12” from Synkro.

Sitting in the middle ground of Ambient Electronica, RnB & Garage these luscious workings manage to capture the essence of Synkro’s sound. Showcasing a prescient snapshot of a producer who operates in a constant state of flux and who is already highly respected for his work across numerous genre structures. The Mindset label continues to break down the regular blueprints and have influenced a swift change of direction in the current bass movement. Over the past year Synkro has released some of his finest work to date on seminal labels Exit, Critical & Med School and being heavily utilised within the Autonomic podcasts. With more releases being anticipated individually and collectively with Indigo on Exit and Gilles Petersons Brownswood Electric label, the coming year promises lots of light for this shining star.

The A side ‘Look At Yourself’ gathered an instant following amongst the bass music community with Skream and Benga unexpectedly debuting the dubplate on their prime time BBC Radio 1 show only a few days after it was finished. The hype is audibly justified, his trademark soulful vocals manipulated to precision sitting delicately atop a shuffling beat, blending beautifully with lush chords and glacial atmosphere. A curse and a blessing in the same instant, the track was cut and put up on Youtube within minutes of the track being aired and reaching several thousand views in a very short space of time. Tried and tested in the dance making the ladies weak at the knees and spreading a wave of love in a time where aggressive, generic noises make the forefront...showing the level of maturity and understanding of sonics in an untouchable way.

Flipping to the B the 1st track ‘Girl’ fuses woozy, breathing pads and an infectious acid funk bass line. Cavernous space and crisp drum programming, clever vocal edits and a hooky vibe gets you singing along in no time at all. It quickly became an anthem in Manchester and will surely catch on throughout the rest of the collective consciousness.

Moving onto B2, ‘It’s’ finishes the 12” taking a stripped back and refined direction rendering a slick 2 step beat, oscillating chords and chopped vocal melody. Working to a hypnotic effect with a hefty slice of subbass underpinning the whole journey, a short treat for the ears. Sinking deep into earthy tones and textures Synkro shows no shame in baring his soul to the world and encouraging people to look beyond what we are given.

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