Airflex Labs jump ahead of the chasing pack to provide an exclusive first release by the intriguing and amazing Belgian dancefloor wizards known as Goldffinch … with two FFs. In recent months, their tracks have been spreading like fire around a tight circle of DJs and writers … Mary Anne Hobbs has been playing them on a weekly basis, other avowed supporters include Loefah, 2562, Boddika, Douster, Ikonika, and Jakes, and they already have two more 12”s lined up for Saigon and Numbers. In short, Goldfffinch are building a serious heatwave. Main track ‘Dirty Bird’ sums up a vision of dancefloor friendly electronic music that doesn’t disconnect the brain, but is still fully tooled for soundsystem pressure, with clean and focused production values blending minimal tools through an awkward wooze with the kind of precision that characterises the work of the aforementioned selectors who are – uh – selecting it. Hinting at the wildest abandon of Ghetto-Tech or Miami Bass, it still keeps the elegant feel and original touch that remains the trademark of great producers. Expect 808 mastery, vocals chops, and unreal subs served with a groove the crowd won’t be able to resist. Flip it and you get a techno-driven version of the bass sound in the form of ‘Burned Bit’, the kind of track that mixes well in any situation where the order is to dance. Made of the same ingredients as ‘Dirty Bird’ but showcasing some more subtle sequencing and arranging, ‘Burned Bit’ is more likely to take people by surprise, bringing them to an unexpected yet wild bass music trance. The second track on the flip is an excitement-filled remix of ‘Dirty Bird’ by Lyon producer Jay Weed, who is building a name on his spacey, living and mutating sound. The result is contrastingly pin-sharp and blurred, pushing the Goldffinch trademark sound to further psycho-active limits. A. Dirty Bird B1. Burned Bit B2. Dirty Bird (Jay Weed Remix)