Dislocation EP

The second release on 4GN3S (pronounced Agnes) is an angular and shadowy 5-track EP by The Golden FIlter. The Dislocation EP is five pariahic pieces paying equal homage to minimal wave, post-punk, no wave, and electro, but retaining Stephen and Penelope’s inventive presence.

Before Talk Talk Talk became a 2018 summer festival anthem by accident, it was always meant to be the lead track on this EP. Like Siouxsie vs early Human League, but heavier. Originally available only as an extremely limited edition duplate at Rye Wax, All The Way In is a jittery electro beat workout sounding as if Anne Clark were fronting Drexciya. Beatless and odd, Dislocation first premiered on Fort Romeau’s Essential Mix on BBC Radio 1. It’s Part art-piece, part word association, and part No Wave experimentalism.

A mutating arpeggiated bass and an ominous tone drive Cut My Hair into a incongruously sci-fi dark dance netherworld. Temple is classic Golden Filter, with modular bass blurbs, soft vocals, and an 808 beat doused in analog reverb. Dance music to sit in the corner and think to.