Chasing her 2022 introduction on Czech Republic’s Yuku (home to Current Value), Chewlie investigates fine fissures of contemporary beat science à la label mates FFT or Siete Catorce, and the kind of insectoid rhythmic suss and sound design found on aya productions. The ‘Diagon’ EP makes a strong impression thru a combination of obsessive nano-rhythmic detailing and macro-scale dubbing that just about keeps her tightly coiled springs and things in place and easy on the ear.

Initiating with Matrix-levels of cyber-dub futurism in the vaporous-to-glitchy designs of ‘Gas Out Step’ she keeps attention rapt with the reticulated trip hop swagger of ‘Red Ned OK?’ and recalls the most autist levels of Basic Rhythm in the clipped half stepper ‘Drums for Elom’, while ‘Lure’ hints at a playful grasp of the eyrie akin to Moon Wiring Club, and ‘Flood Me’ feels like LCY’s fast-fwd funk gone jazz-blues, next to Dopplereffekt-like choral arrangements and synth physics in ‘Sore’. Impressive.