joel tammik's solo work is fab. understated, lush and full of ambient warmth, the sound is perfect for relaxing to. having provided, for me, one of the stand-out tracks on cactus island's brittle behaviour compilation from february, joel now delivers a 3" all of his own and, as you might imagine, it's an absolute doozie of a release. you get 4 achingly deep tracks of beautifully constructed electronica that ooze with atmopshere and class, each conjuring a different spell over the listener and pretty much guaranteeing that you'll be putting this on repeat like i did. in some ways it's a retro sound and there's a trademark hint of jazz to the percussion, but the essential ingredients here are soundscape driven textures and aquatic basslines that keep everything nicely fluid. a really good release this and, in all probability, my fave in the series thus far. large... yet small, paradoxically! smallfish records