Circling Sydney as the most prodigious producers in their adopted home, Tuff Sherm (Perth-born Eugene Hector / Dro Carey) and Cassius Select (Canadas Lavurn Lee / Guerre) guise-up for a split 12 that follows Dros seven-date debut European tour, and Cassius breakout ONE EP on Gardlands Hunter Gatherer imprint. Returning home after a string of releases via Merok, RAMP, Opal Tapes and The Trilogy Tapes, Tuff Sherm shifts the counter balanced brilliance of Dro Carey with Beast Numeral - a six minute succession of classic house jaunts.
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Revealing a more positively playful side on ‘Topaz Looper’, Sherm continues to surprise in the footsteps of fans such as Ben UFO, Mark Pritchard and L.I.E.S founder Ron Morelli. Clocking stages with Australian heavyweights Jagwar Ma and HTRK whilst stringing supports for Four Tet and Jamie xx alike, Cassius Select finally goes to print with two cold-cut workouts flipped on an affinity for city-side recesses. Proving Australia’s most unkempt secret since his early days under the bedroom R ‘n’ B alias Guerre, ‘Bruv’ now sees Lee splice and scrape classic taunts into a knockabout elegy to the UK’s MC heyday. Skittered up until the blown kick and bass serve of ‘Rete Avec Ou’, Cassius locks out on a pummelling ode to distance and disconnection, ringing in the end for a true-to-form take on mother-country confusion with enthralling results. ‘His rhythms move with an unusual elasticity’ SPIN on Tuff Sherm ‘Tuff Motherfucken Sherm’ FACT on Tuff Sherm ‘Percussive techno is employed in full force here’ XLR8R on Cassius Select ‘Utterly outré techno’ MESS + NOISE on Cassius Select