Reared in Melbourne, Australia, in the early '90s on a steady Detroit diet of Underground Resistance, Jeff Mills, Robert Hood and Suburban Knight at a string of underground raves, Little Nobody - based in Japan since 2001 - never quite forgot those essential roots.
So it really should come as no surprise that his brand new single 'Compulsion' is a shade nostalgic 15 years on and perhaps wittingly channels all these essential people (with about 1% of the talent) - then segues the flashback Detroit techno moment into a contemporary riff that clicks pretty nicely.
In a fit of equally canny thinking, Little Nobody enlisted current tech-funk wunderkind, Luke's Anger - of Tigerbass Records fame, the label run by Kid606 - to do the brilliantly cut-up, eclectic, funked-up glitch-mix here that's so 2009 rather than 1994.
"I had a bash at it, and it all flowed really nicely," Luke quipped, straight after finishing his version.
It's not often I agree with the write-up. It's a shame this one isn't on wax.
Little Nobody "Compulsion" Hypnotic Room SE 07
01. Compulsion (Luke's Anger Remix)
02. Compulsion (Original Mix)
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Thanks, lad.