The title of Jonny Moy’s new EP for Vladimir Ivkovic’s Offen Music, The Caustic Wymondham, playfully puns on Aphex Twin while referencing the scenic Norfolk market town he currently calls home. The 4 cuts contained are anything but rural, and instead are a set of dance floor TB-303 workouts. 

Phaseacid rides on echoed break-like beats and tin can percussion. The intense rushes from Roland’s little silver box countered by a minor chord melody. In a similar way, say, to Hardfloor’s mellower flips on acid house. The sound is totally mid-90s authentic, something that has proved timeless because it’s so emotive. A million ex-ravers will hear it and relive some refreshed, E-enlightened epiphany. An all too brief peak when everything made sense and it felt like, together, we were gonna bring about positive change. 

Outburst’s 808 whirs and clicks as an aircraft takes off. tougher than its predecessor, its break is more banging. Chunky, chugging. Powerful, propulsive. The 303 emitting build-the-box bleeps and indulging in some snarling. Constructed from busily chopped beats and boisterous low pH fractals, Strange Geometry still races, but synthetic, ethereal, faux vocal sighs lend it an introspective vibe. Platonic Solid boasts a B-line that’s more old school, and the closest to a “straight forward” 4 / 4 kick. As such it’s a sort of Chicago-esque flex of Italo. Upbeat and bouncing, while spectral sequences snake about in its shadows, the TB-303 in this case, rather than bending minds, sings brightly like a pop star in the inky blackness. 

Moy’s The Caustic Wymondham can be ordered directly from Offen Music.