Lithe’s catalogue of productions have brought one word to mind consistently; Precision.
Whether syncopated and loose or rigid and driven, track after track rolling drumlines are executed with the kind of focused intensity that breaths an alive urgency, one which never fails to embody a sense of momentum that heightens their danceability in any club environment.
“MAINLINE EP” is no exception. Laden with sub and crisp percussion, the EP opener, Annan, encapsulates Lithe's unique take on the hard drum style: metallic, cold, mechanised & atmospheric. Knock follows, a brooding 116BPM banger that sounds like an alien mutation of the Timbo production style. Mainline & Wikd close out the EP with off kilter techno kick drums, uncompromising percs and synth lines comparable to Detroit techno with a harder edge.