Fake Blood - Fix your Accent (Cheap Thrills)

After what feels like an eternity out of the game the mysterious Fake Blood (Theo Keating a.k.a. Touché, Black Ghost & one half of the Wiseguys) returns from the wilderness with a new three track e.p. entitled ‘Fix your Accent’ on Herve’s Cheap Thrills imprint. Although he's released a string of high-profile remixes there's been an unmistakeable lack of original material over the past year or so. Fans simply expecting a rehash of the anthem Mars may be disappointed as Fake Blood persues a new disco-tinged direction.

Title track ‘Fix your Accent’ reminds me of Oizo’s disco material whilst ‘The Dozen’ takes a maximal Justice-esque approach to straight up house grooves complete with a jackin Baltimore breakdown. For me the stand out track is ‘I Think I Like It’ a disco-house stormer with sharp building strings and a subtle percussion line. I’ve no idea where the cut-up vocal sample is lifted from but if anyone out there does get in touch.

I doubt this will reach the anthem status of ‘Mars’ but that doesn’t deny its status as a top quality release. Though contemporaries seem to be opting for a more maximal bass-heavy approach to house music Fake Blood has stayed one step ahead of the game with a refreshing E.P. that will continue to cement his reputation as one of the finest producers in the UK right now.

Check the previews here: http://www.datasapiens.net/2009/08/fix-your-accent-ep/
Buy it here: http://www.phonicarecords.com/product/view/58109