Al Wootton CRUX

• 1. Essene
• 2. Per Incanto
• 3. Cloister
• 4. Armen

London producer Al Wootton follows June's Rhythm Archives with a first outing on Finland's Sahko, expanding his percussive experiments into four immersive, slow-burn pieces. 'Essene' folds hollow hand drum runs and deep, dubstep-inflected bass into a tense, echo-drenched space, while 'Per Incanto' moves from busted drum machine patterns into a haze of reverberant strings and psychedelic delay. 'Cloister' is the most stripped of the set - tuned feedback and minimal percussion pulling the ear into hypnotic repetition - before 'Armen' distorts its dub framework with ghosted vocal fragments and woozy trip-hop shadows. Melodic content stays sparse, letting texture, weight and rhythm take centre stage in a set that drifts between dub, minimal techno and far-flung percussive traditions. A confident, transportive addition to Wootton's evolving catalogue.