Enofa’s a decidedly and wonderfully British electronic artist that goes
by the name Ross Baker when they do their taxes each year. I don’t latch onto the
Britishness of this just because “Polesworth” is in the title or because it was
released on Brighton stalwart Third Kind, there’s just a sense that this hi-NRG
electronic pulsefest is a total throwback to 90s raver culture, the energetic
rhythms and effortless melodies perfect for that retrofuturist dancefloor. I’ve
gotta say, too, that I’m a sucker for what Baker’s slinging here – I can pop
this on and relax to it all day, proving that you don’t need to stand up and wiggle
to thoroughly enjoy it. And trust me – I’m an expert at sitting down these
days.
Baker has appeared on Third Kind before with Seltrac as International Debris, another incredible release, and if
we’re going to start getting regular releases from them like this, we should
probably mark our calendars for when those releases are going to happen. It’s
not easy to put together such a streamlined body of work as All Roads, but Baker weaves in and out
of cuts like they're assembling an expert mixtape, the more fervent tunes residing
with equal comfort and natural placement next to chillaxed comedowns. So yeah,
a regular schedule here would be nice. But even if we have to place All Roads in a vacuum and ingest it
without context, we’re still taking in sixty minutes of the dance equivalent of
high-speed future transportation, frictionless and smooth, efficient and
beautiful. And winding up at Polesworth, if you can believe it.
https://enofa.bandcamp.com/
https://thirdkindrecords.bandcamp.com/
--Ryan
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