Yu Su / Foundry / Short Span

Relocating to London, Yu Su has also switched labels, putting her latest long-player in the hands of Sheffield’s Short Span. The set, titled Foundry, sees the DJ / producer further develop her complex sound design. Creating mini musical worlds rich with swirling swooning synthetic strings, dub techno textures and bionic bass. The latter mutating, booming, buzzing, rumbling. A Jewel, a collaboration with Miyako Koda, of Dip In The Pool, is an increasingly trippy tone poem, constructed from collaged, layered whispered vocals. The serene, symphonic Sunless, produced in cahoots with Bristol’s Memotone, summons a mood both melancholic and romantic, centred around harp-like harmonies and muted sonar blips. Cul De Sac weaves a warm, narcotic wash from sharp rattling snares and a low end pulse. Wanli’s scurrying, trickling details and wisps of woodwind paint pictures of an alien Amazonian rainforest. Ripe Fruits shifts from kosmische arpeggios to gentle tribal percussion, giving rise to a…