MANFREDAS Vinyl & CDs

Review: Those fine folks behind the otherworldly Multi-Culti imprint have decided to launch a re-edit series, naturally focusing on reworks of weird and wonderful, off-kilter gems from around the world. This first serving of Cult Edits naturally contains some seriously tasty and exotic fare, most notably the parping, horn-heavy shuffle of Manfredas's "Mani From The Block", a stretched-out interpretation of what appears to be a Turkish style funk weird-out. Flip to the B-side for two more heavyweight slabs of wild goodness: the low-slung, dub-fired post-punk insanity of Siaubas's "Hare Hare" rework, and the throbbing, chant-along drug-chug of Simple Symmetry's brilliant "Yalla" interpretation.

Review: Fresh, hand-numbered vinyl 12" EP in the mode of bespoke folktronic downtempo, courtesy of four longstanding residents of Opium Club and Ant Bangos festival in Lithuania: Manfredas, Pletnev, Roe Deers, and V. 'Ant Bangos X' hears four tracks that reflect the foursome's combined tastes in electronic music, centring on a slower-paced experimentations and bustling, bright oddballs.