FOREVER - Hymn EP (Sealed) (12")

Having first linked up with London-based Coyote Records in early 2015, Grade 10's Forever returns to the label proper for his first full EP project, 'Hymn' which explores the myriad sounds, layers and textures that have come to define his music. The delicate, slow-burning cinema of widescreen opener 'Gweilo', the shadowy eeriness of 'Hymn' and the crunchy, industrial club heat of 'Swamped' each point to different reference points, but all feel interlinked by Forever's grip on atmosphere and tone. Coyote label mate, Chemist - also one third of Planet Mu trio, Silk Road Assassins - also turns in a booming edit of 'Hymn', complete with re-booted, icy melodies that fire off like shards of glass, and rude, 808 patterns that nod to his work with SRA.