Discos Capablanca is pretty underrated. Over the last ten years they’ve released a selection of music that bounces between house, techno, krautrock, disco, new wave, electro, industrial and any other genre related adjective you might want to throw at them. Importantly though, they always prioritise being both abstract and experimental. It’s refreshing when you don’t know what to expect from a label- whether it’s one sided acid house slammers like Sharif Laffrey’s recently re-released ‘Turn It Up’, Odopt’s slightly terrifying ‘Belgrade’ or our record of the week Capablanca ‘Dance Dance Dance Dance’ there is always something weird and wonderful happening at the seemingly country hopping label HQ.

The second edition of the Capablanca’s Lap Top Less Dance Trilogy pairs industrial oddities and spaced out sounds with a range of tribal percussion. The EP features some enjoyable leftfield abstract sounds on the A2 and B2 but seems to prioritise remixes from Lipelis and Alessandro Adriani.

It is Lipelis in particular who seems to have found another ideal home on the label. The A1 ‘Lap Dance (Lipelis Paper Sound Dub)’ is difficulty named but easy to listen to- rolling percussion and chugging bass lines are combined with over blown vocals and cosmic glitches. In some ways it seems a slightly freer companion to his recently released and much hyped ‘Children’s Song’. Indeed, the Russian producers’ releases are few and far between, a set of striking edits on L.I.E.S. in 2015 has only just been followed up with the Capablanca collaboration and the EP ‘I Only Did These For Myself, But Now It’s For Everyone’.

Despite only featuring in the A1 Lipelis’ presence sets the tone for the EP. While, Alessandro Adriani’s remix should not be ignored it is Lipelis and Capablanca who make a great pair- as the brilliant top comment on SoundCloud reads this one’s “freaks only”, words to live by for Discos Capablanca it seems.

Buy: Vinyl

Words: Hugo