Curve Ball EP

After 3 months in TOP10 TH on Beatport with releases 'Sheeta' and 'Rondo', Clarisse’s sixth release of the year takes up the baton from Kiko & Spencer K’s steadfast jam ‘Rondo’ and hands the pitcher’s mitt to London governor Ross Evans. Releases on Cocoon, Saved, Mobilee, Suara, Noir Music, Cecille, Get Physical and Toolroom Records have cemented a status part created by a spell-checking alter-ego, releasing a series of EPs as Ross Evana, on top of masterminding the Familia Recordings label and performing under the alias of Kos. After a year reeling off a dexterous index of deep tech sounds, ‘Curve Ball’ is a straight shot of pure tribal marked with bass drum elastic. A faint, spoken murmur in the background attempts to direct dancefloor traffic - even if the white gloves are all you see - and though there are passing elements attempting to intervene - fragments of knob-twiddling static and dub effects, and beamed chords leading to a perfectly placed breakdown - Evans is so far in the zone that he becomes a