The latest release from Manchester’s talented artist CONTOURS—who has explored the boundaries between ambient, jazz, and minimal percussion from a wide range of perspectives, spanning club sounds to listening-oriented music—is fantastic! This broken-rhythm work was created by reconstructing live-recorded percussion samples, avoiding the confines of a straightforward four-on-the-floor beat. Kicking off with “Finding Space” (sample 1)—a tribal broken-beat track where the acoustic texture of hand drums blends with ethereal synth pads—the album features four rhythm-driven tracks that freely navigate ever-shifting synth textures and hypnotic, rhythmic beats! (Original Japanese text by Akie)