American producer FBK returns to Rekids with his debut album entitled More Stories From The Future.
Long-term house and techno heavyweight, Kevin M. Kennedy aka FBK has a career spanning three decades. Debuting with a seminal release on Frictional in 97, Kennedy went on to appear on labels like diametric. and Urban Kickz, whilst more recent releases have landed on Barba Records, Suspected (alongside Paul Mac) and Rekids kick-starting the labels Special Projects series. With a close bond to Detroit greats like Anthony Shake Shakir, Daniel Bell, Claude Young, Keith Tucker and Sherard Ingram (DJ Stingray), FBK is considered a true contemporary. Returning to Rekids for his inaugural long player, More Stories From The Future demonstrates his versatility within the studio and mirrors his genre-bending approach to performing, both as a DJ and live act. Modular Life brings deep resonating lows, liquid pads and clinical percussion, before the psychedelic vocals of Ill Sit Back, Youll Jack join smashing snares and intensifying synths. Exhibiting erratic sound design, Layers of Fear comes complete with pumping drums and intense hi-hats, until Hassling offers a stepping groove, thick pad stabs and deep sub movement. Headless gets modular heavy with bubbling effects and shuffling rhythm, preceding the driving kicks of Gate Closing where ghostly vocals meet enveloping acid growls. The Boxing Lesson delivers punchy kicks and steppy snares under lofty atmospherics, ending on The Finishers Heart where evolving detuned synths flow over powerful percussion