Timothy J. Fairplay – Hot Night For Slum Lord

Although his productions have evolved over the years, and the sound of his records can vary, you can guarantee that each new Timothy J Fairplay release will be trippy, hallucinatory and include a few subtle nods to the weirder end of 1980s electronic dance music. That’s certainly the case with the former Andrew Weatherall collaborator’s latest EP, Hot Night For Slum Lords. It’s a mini-album of sorts, with Fairplay giddily combining elements of new beat, EBM, rogue acid house, electronic psychedelia, new wave and industrial music across a trio of original tracks. Those tracks get the remix treatment on the reverse, with Intergalactic Gary’s pulsating, wall-of-sound take on ‘Chase Through The Street Yard’ coming accompanied by a fantastic mutant electro re-make of ‘Hot Night For Slum Lord’ by DJ Overdose, and Univac’s IDM-ish re-wire of ‘Streets of Eternity’.