Taking the reins of Fluid Electronics’ next ride into boundary-pushing sonics, here comes New Zealand-based up-and-comer Austin Cashmore aka “Jamie Doesn’t Like Salad” with his debut transmission, “JBS 01”. Bringing the heat through carefully distilled garage house wares and two-step style floor maneuvers, Jamie Doesn’t Like Salad treats us to a fine mix of light-footed 4x4 weaponry and post-trance-y outbursts bound to keep your body and mind aligned as he deploys his kaleidoscopic vision to compelling effect.

This mind-trip of an EP begins with the smooth ’n pulsating number “Grey Couch”, a slice of fresh and playfully bubbling coastal dance music, clad in acid-adjacent bass folds and hypnotic, layered pads straight out some balearic haven. Back to a mid-90s kind of vibe, Cashmore dishes out his silk-lined groove science with exquisite swagger, and “Constant Evolution” vouches for such spirited throwback with its hi-NRG blend of stepping drums, breaksy arrangements and future-ready, ambient-infused electroidness peeping at early trance classics.

Bouncy to the full, “Jammy Butternut Squash” rounds it off on an even more mischievous spin, welding together infectious Latin rhythms and piano house motifs alongside micro house tropes on a leisurely laid-back tip. All in sun-streaked comeliness and fun-loving machine funk, Jamie Doesn’t Like Salad’s inaugural EP on Fluid Electronics ticks all the boxes of a quality set of DJ-friendly booty shakers, ready to cut a lane of its own with its debonair swing and textured magnetism.