DISTINCT MOTIVE - Hypnotize (EP) Bizarre Trax Bill Summers and James Mtume

Bill Summers and James Mtume on percussion

pairing the ruffneck gunshot-led stepper 'Dem Rude' with the gritty

Mesh Convergence delivers a stripped-back palette of pummelling kicks

Few turn-of-the-century techno records have retained their impact quite like this epic cut

clinical precision of Soul Capsule and Dark Boys

DISTINCT MOTIVE - Hypnotize (EP) Bizarre Trax Bill Summers and James MtumeToronto's Distinct Motive land on Deep Medi with 'Hypnotize', a four track EP that rides wide subs and maximal waveforms with a smooth, unassailed charge. 'Check Up' and 'Conflict Riddim' pull on riddim elements without the exaggerated swings or outlandish growls, while 'Dank' comes closest to the subgenre before the title track closes with a classically paced 140 stepper.