Get Your Neo-soul Glitchfunk Groove on with Australia’s Cheshire and ‘The Funkd Up’ EP

Soundcloud surfing is risky business; between the overabundance of low-quality half-finshed tunes and countless remixes of “Clarity”, you can never be too careful. Sometimes, though, a little digging yields all you were searching for and more. Stumbling upon Cheshire – an Australia-based producer of soulful glitch tunes – felt like winning the underground EDM lottery. Here’s a guy who’s got all the sampling prowess of Pretty Lights, the soulful hip-hop sensibilities of Gramatik, and the funky bounce of Opiuo or KOAN Sound all rolled into one well-produced final product.

That’s “Robin’s Rocket”, one of the four tracks available on Cheshire’s “The Funkd Up” EP, which dropped yesterday on Adapted Records. Glitchfunk dominates the EP, with soulful lyrical samples complimenting each track’s unique bounce. The attention to detail is stunning; from the copious infusions of brass instrumentation to the perfectly timed dynamic shifts and vocal breaks, Cheshire had my ear for the EP’s full 15 minute run time.

I could fanboy on forever, but I’ll say this instead: Buy this EP. Follow Cheshire on Facebook and Soundcloud. Tell your friends, and have them tell their friends. A talent like this doesn’t deserve to get lost in the wash.

You can grab “The Funkd Up” EP on Beatport here. Give Cheshire a listen on Soundcloud here and stay up to date with him on Facebook here.

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