Sweatson Klank - Always You

Tom Wilson, formerly  known as 'Take', an influential player in the LA beat scene, has now adopted the Sweatson Klank moniker for a new EP coming out on Project Mooncircle. The rise of these West Coast beatmakers (Flying Lotus, Shlomo, et al) has help forged the post-hip-hop musical landscape of the 21st century where now, this brand of wonky soul and lo-fi bass has become one of the most internationally established styles around. Project Mooncircle itself, with it's Finest Ego compilations, details the extent of this sampledelic hip-hop epoch featuring artists from Australia, to Japan, to Russia, and all over Europe and America. In this light it is very difficult to distinguish oneself from the plagues of musical flotsam in this field but Sweatson Klank's work stands out in terms of taste. 'Always You' finds a perfect groove, stepping up the tempo and incoporating a footwork-esque rimshots and rhythmic vocal stabs that invoke the styling of the french 'High Powered Boys'. The plunging bass and brightly reverberated vocal ethereality brings a very genuine benevolent feel and is a welcome change to the usual Project Mooncircle releases which are too often glutted with ideas and obvious in its need to impress.