Chicago’s Perpetual Rhythms label scores a coup in welcoming the inimitable Warren Harris to present what appears to be three separate installments of his honey coated house abstractions. ‘Poom’ wastes no time in confirming that Harris’ work as Hanna is unrivalled for off-the-wall rhythmic constructions that truly channel the freedom of jazz into the house stratosphere. ‘Bucktown’ is no slouch in this regard either, while the swirling smoothness of the synths makes the spiky drum science taste all the sweeter. ‘Wicker Park’ seems to take some influence from the West London broken beat scene, and then ‘Nuance’ swoops in with yet more bruk action and some truly space age melodic content that marks this out as one of Hanna’s strongest efforts in recent times.
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