Sydney based producer and DJ Jikuroux returns to DECISIONS
with four lucid tracks exhibiting her signature combo of glittering
melodies and crushing drums. Citing a "reimagining [of] anxiety as
something beautiful" as the core concept of the EP, Jikuroux forges
a complex emotional journey in which dialectics of soft/hard,
dark/light, clear/murky are repeatedly blurred and inverted.
'Cracked' opens the EP, sending plucked leads tumbling over a
volcanic topography of bass and pads. Broody chords and a tough,
low slung rhythm drive the anthemic 'Cradle Bay', while 'Themed
Break' sees Jikuroux weave an elastic array of rhythmic and
harmonic movements around a single recursive rnb "ooh". 'Hollow
Grin' closes the EP with flutes and bells illuminating a bilious fog
replete with ghoulish hisses and growling bass. Terse, lithe and
ornately HD, Cradle Bay is built to gently devastate both inside and
outside the club.