Amazon.co.uk Review
Following poor album deliveries from the likes of Photek and Source Direct it is left to the likes of new producers such as Icarus to reclaim the minimal path. Although originally recording techno, cousins Ollie Bown and Sam Britton became increasingly involved in drum and bass and signed to Substance in 1997.
Fijaka, their second LP, expands on their critically acclaimed (though criminally ignored) debut
Kamikaze with grating sounds and spacious drops falling against each other as complex layers of filtered and effected percussion patterns flip pacific rim strikes. The curious title came about through the duo's part in a music project based in Bosnia (
Fijak literally meaning waste of time), with half of the album actually recorded in Mostar. Advanced listening. --
Kingsley Marshall