Optimum / Max Power

Planet Mu

Optimum is Malcolm Chen, a new producer from South West London. He's collaborated with Ikonika recently, and Planet Mu is very happy to release his first solo 12-inch. Lead track "Max Power" lives up to its name, mixing tight electro-soca drums with a barrage of ravey riffs and strange transporting noises, creating an almost unbearable, driving intensity without ever reaching for wobbly bass or other cliches. "Crash Riddim" runs brazen, interlocking, arpeggiated melodies that rise and fall into one other over a tight, old-school electro drumbeat; "Lily" is a soulful number with melodic bass under lush waves of cold, angular chords, claps and kicks.

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