Other Worlds

'Other Worlds' is the third outing from DJ Methodist (better known to acquaintances as Post Office records head honcho David Handford). A simple but effective sounding buzzing sugar laced cosmic corker cut through with lunatic swirls, pining stratospheric signatures and stuttering cool zig zagging rhythms which to these ears sound not so dissimilar in texture, delivery and overall design as a marriage of convenience between J Xaverre and Tex La Homa convened over by Magoo (which I'm sure you'll agree is no mean feat) dispatching lovelorn odes from the stars from decoded messages received from Fireball XL5's Steve Zodiac 'Daddyhole' over on the flip sounds like its made a break for freedom and fell off the working bench of electronic sounds pioneer Raymond Scott and escaped the confines of the Manhattan Research Inc either that or found sounds from some kind of enchanted underground ice kingdom - you decide - night time playroom lullaby enthusiasts and Plone fans will swoon. 'Gunga' changes the mood and vibe, an oddly off road booty shaking wired to the teeth shadowy mooching minimalist frazzled hip hop driven electro nugget of sorts that barring what I've just said had me recalling some post punk styled fractured take on the New York street scene of the day as viewed by a studio free for all featuring Cabaret Voltaire, A Certain Ratio and the Raincoats - must add that its strangely addictive. 'Estuary life' rounds up what has been a mighty set with a spot of strangeness by way of some unsettling sound manipulations which to these ears sounds like a plague of tap tapping sub mariner locusts at feeding time though I'd be interested to hear your thoughts - answers / ideas / possible outcomes on a postcard to the usual address. Go buy. Radio:Steve Lamacq, Huw Stephens, Rob da bank, XFM Xposure (John Kennedy), Popscene with Jalal (Radio Bremen, Germany), Tom Robinson and Stewart Maconie on BBC 6music, BBC Wales (Adam Walton)