Mint Club

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Absentminds with Martyn, Pinch & Sully

Absentminds continues to flog their forward looking, bass leaning sounds at Mint Club this month, once again stitching up a hole in the fabric of Leeds’ nightlife as a result. This time out it’s Martyn, Pinch and Sully bringing the beats.

Dutchman Martyn has forged his very own sound since first emerging. It’s one that evolves at whim, but at the centre of it all is a sleek, muscular production prowess that re-wires the DNA of everything from garage to techno, jungle to house. His sensational Brainfeeder released album, Ghost People, demonstrated that late last year (and placed highly in a number of respected year end polls as a result) but so too is the man an arbiter of fine taste via his 3024 imprint which has bolstered the careers of Julio Bashmore, Mosca and many more bright young talents. He’s not known as the ‘Dutch Don’ for nothing…

Pinch, too, is a revered label boss. His Tectonic imprint helped defined the whole dubstep scene from its base in Bristol, whilst the man behind it crafts powerful dub infused rhythms on labels like Punch Drunk and Honest Jons (most recently for a full length alongside Shackleton). This year also sees Pinch mix it up for the hallowed fabriclive series... As do his DJ sets, it’s a mix that weaves in and out of genres and styles with ease, touching on a whole continuum of bass heavy sounds.

Closing out this weighty line-up is the UK’s Sully – a producer who gets his kicks by toying with everything from well swung 2-step to dusty breakbeats via UK funky and the kinetic footwork movement. His recent full length Carrier on Keysound was a radioactive melange of plenty of sounds and styles yet still had its own clear voice. Expect much of the same from one of his DJ sets.