Not Many Experts

Once in a while an artist comes along with such a fully formed sound that it just makes me wonder how the music industry got to the stage where they are still sending tracks to self-deprecating bloggers like myself. REID is the latest in this all-too-short line. Following on from his Genesis EP last July, the recently surfaced ‘Miami’ is a vein-dilating passage of introspective, melodic urgency. Whilst being powered along by a pulsating low-end, “Miami” manages to sound like a more careless Gold Panda whilst nailing an intricacy and euphoria that nudges it insistently towards the thoughtful dancefloor. That’s the one full of conservative electronic music anoraks, and this is the most fun they’ll have all night.