This mysterious producer, with an illustrious cult following, makes their vinyl debut on Ruf Dug’s Ruf Kutz with 6 tracks of silicon soul. The tunage ranges from eccentric electro to sleek, slinky, dangerously deep house. With the stuttered, puckered, pace-y Pac Jam-ing Tommy Boy beats and Sci-Fi soundtracks of BGB9191 at one end of the scale, and the Moodymann-esque nici 4, a blur of bass tones and diva vocals set to deft, dynamic drum programming, at the other. In between there’s interlude 2’s muscular machined mid-tempo p-funk and WILD3’s slow, squelchy R&B. The standouts for me are toqoq and Force. The latter featuring the sultry, sensual voice of IB. Both borrow from Larry Heard and bleep, but they’re also most definitely Detroit leaning. Sublime, stripped back bottom-end heavy sound sculptures that draw comparison to Theo Parrish, the former gives old school acid jack a smart new syncopated future fusion swing – a la Theo’s seminal Synthetic Flemm.

Wu Ki’s Exotic Particles is out now on Ruf Kutz