Patricia
Bem Inventory
Patricia plumbs murky, nervy strains of ambient house and dub techno, accompanied on one track by Mood Hut's Cloudface, for his return to Opal Tapes' fuzzy bosom. Troddin' a fine line between melancholic despair and darkside resolve, 'Bem Inventory' works thru some heavy issues over 6 submerged grooves in patented Opal Tapes fashion. From the run-in,the stereo-strafing 'Mercury In Retrograde' stalks crepuscular noir between 154 and Legowelt, whilst Cloudface allows a chink of dub light int…
Body issues
Patricia's warm, fuzzy post-techno-house slots neatly with the Opal Tapes aesthetic on his debut album, 'Body Issues'. Six tracks come off like a boosted 1991 or Huerco S, pushing malleable bass hits below swirling streaks of melody bursting with ferric quality. There's firm parallels to be made here with Anthony Naples, albeit with a noisier bent in 'Hissy Fit', whilst on 'Melting' juicy acid forms over a brittle jack track and the sweet-but-slamming 'Jospehine' and 'Plural' appear like some GH…