Marcel Vogels Intimate Friends label turns to an unknown entity for their next release, giving Dear Earth no less than a full album to run with as a first outing. That s a strong statement of conviction, and the label are right to be so bold as Dear Earth shows off the kind of inventive, sample-rich approach that makes your ears prick up in an instant. Supposedly hailing from London, this mysterious figure has been trawling through all kinds of ephemera and stewing it into a soulful, meandering body of work that touches on house, downtempo broken beat and more besides