Audion: Suckfish (Spectral Sound) - CD released October 2005

Whilst I’ve been a minority fan of his new song writing direction, I always found most of Matthew Dear’s dance output too throwaway and trashy - and with track titles like ‘Titty Fuck’ and ‘Just Fucking’ its easy to see why.

But I guess that’s probably the point: these are tracks that are ruthlessly engineered for the dancefloor. Precision targeted analogue tweaks and kick-drum drops that work in the club, but feel rather silly on home / headphone listening. Having said that, I did manage to sit through repeat listens of this long player from 2005 without considering self-harm.

Amusingly the tracks that desperately want your attention are the ones that I skipped. Music strictly designed for the body.