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North London producer rumu returns to Scuffed Recordings with his Wightman Wibble EP, embracing a glut of influences from the city’s club heritage.
Since appearing on the label’s Scuffed Presents compilation series in 2021 with his track Splinter, rumu has begun to foster an in-the-know following with releases on Dusky’s 17Steps and Running Back, with tracks supported by Ben UFO, Logic1000, Cinthie and Raji Rags.
The Wightman Wibble EP delves into rumu’s musical upbringing and heritage and explores a world of contrasts - with stillness building to explosive energy and floating euphoria giving way to murky grooves.
The EP opens with Critical Wass, which rumu conceptualises as having ‘pockets of mass bursting into each other, descending into nothing, then forming again’. Up next is the title track, the most high-energy of the release, which takes influence from classic rave, house, and breaks.
Finishing up the EP is ‘Ravanne’, which sees rumu take influence from his Mauritian heritage, with instrumentation and samples sourced from the island of Mauritius. The Ravanne is a rhythmic percussive instrument used in Sega music, which rumu samples throughout the track and channels through his love of UK bass genres.
released November 25, 2022
Artwork by Lots of Broth
Mastered by Rob Small