Locky Mazzucchelli – Learn To Listen

We’re firmly, groovily locked in to this latest release from Locky Mazzucchelli. Ironically, his is a *key* release on Helix Discs. The Melbourne upstarts have put out a thrilling threnody of EPs so far, with kitsch 3D rendered retro-sci album covers (‘Digital Destination’ by DJ Alan) and mega moods of automotive, intercity chic (‘Close Contact’ by The Audio Manipulator). ‘Learn To Listen’ fits neatly into the pile accrued so far, with ‘Bias’ providing a strangely out-of-order set of janker beats, and ‘ShaiHai’ and ‘The Box’ furthering this blinkered, badly-tracked yet charming sense of ease. Borked moods abound on the closing ‘Leave The Party’, which makes relaxed work of the otherwise sometimes fraught act of finding one’s way home after exiting the warehouse.