Antipodean aural auteur James Greville has a new EP of eccentric electonica out on his own Mad Habitat Recordings. Titled Anatomy Of Your Veil the 12 contains 4 contrasting, but complimentary, flavours of the same tune. The first, subtitled I Miss Terry, is 8 minutes of peaceful, plugged-in counterpoint. Constructed from gentle chimes, whose melody surreptitiously spins – and is stretched – both backwards and forwards, it’s a hypnotic piece of “ambient” IDM. Evolving organically, with a rhythm that’s reduced to ticking TR-808 snares, the track’s wires whistle, mimicking bird calls, and make mock, mini elephant roars. Twang like sharply plucked traditional strings. 

A version called Purgatory – perhaps because it represents a space in between – slows the drums to a sunstroked crawl, while leaving only the former’s floating chord patterns and soothing, woozy bass wow and flutter. A shot of sonic sedation, its cool breeze of relaxing ringing, recalling past masters such as Higher Intelligence Agency. 

That’s followed by Dad’s Folk Mix which is decidedly different. A slice of synthesised strangeness, electro-psychedelia, with a tad tougher beat. Here a point of reference might be Nick Nicely, as wheezing keys – part harmonium, part Ray Manzarek – mix with a vocoder mantra and a raga-like riff. Sound effects bubble, and synths pay tribute to Detroit’s Bellville Three. Once the words start running in reverse, the song taking on a speaking-in-tongues, occult, magickal quality.

Finally Electric Push CPU is a stripped back, slightly beefed up dub, where the Folk Mix is dropped into echo and sent through trippy gates. 

Greville’s Anatomy Of Your Veil can be ordered from Mad Habitat.