“Deadly Britfunk retro-futurism by Funkineven under his government name, tending to new jack swang, club rap, deep house and electrosoul with classic but fresh moxie accentuated by cameos from Bendek, James Massiah, yung ethernet

The ‘Time EP’ is akin to a classic ‘80s coupé lovingly restored with new paint job, rims, and retuned engine that purrs as good as ever. In opting to issue the session as Steven Julien, he signifies a real personalised soul that goes into each cut, swinging out with perfect balance of new jack suss and UK funk rudeness on a ‘Time’ underlined with are 808 bass, and thru the sticky sweet electrosoul of a ‘Ballad’ instrumental fizzing with raw machine grit and dripping with chromed-out keyboard work. Better yet his centrepiece ‘Ultra’ tags James Massiah in on a class play of orchestral stabs alloyed to quaking bass and shades-on arps, and the jacking deep house heft of ‘Up’ working ruddiest bassline and velvet piano into a wall-bucking Chicago-via-London pearl.” -Boomkat