Somewhat mystifyingly, Appleblim has throughout his career remained one of the great unsung artists to emerge from Bristol’s late-noughties golden era of producers. His collaboration with Ramadanman on ‘Void 23’ remains a club staple, his work with Komon mines the deeper shades of house, while he touches on tightly woven techno with Peverelist on ‘Over Here’. A defiantly singular producer, Appleblim’s latest for Tempa is a three tracker that opens with the idiosyncratic ‘Avebury’, whose momentum builds steadily towards the track’s apex before a rude bassline plunges the skittering keys into a deep, measured lull. The 12’s centerpiece is its most challenging offering, with the almost ten minute ‘Wandered’ not possessing a kick of any sort, but instead chooses to bubble menacingly under the surface for the duration, recalling some of Actress’ more thought provoking work. The greyscale ‘Auburn Blaze’ rounds off an eclectic selection of tracks that as a whole feel most at home reverberating off the walls of a dank south London club, or on the night bus home across a buzzing metropolis. A1. Avebury B1. Auburn Blaze B2. Wandered