Critiques CD: Mount Kimbie | Remixes Pt.1 & 2

Call it dubstep light, post-dubstep or dubstep minus the dark overtones, this is a refined soundscape best appreciated with oversized headphones while nosing a whisky neat. Savour the smoky aromas of Dominic Maker and Kai Campos, the London-based maestros of syncopation who go by Mount Kimbie. Their ambient-cumrythmic compositions, released on dubstep veteran Scuba’s Hotflush label last winter, get the remix treatment courtesy of two swanky, seductive EPs. From the flickering deep house grooviness of “William” to the sputtering tech storm that is “Vertical”, there’s no better way to whet our appetite for the duo’s impending June release.