It's fairly safe to say genre titles are at an all-time low in terms of value. Cross-pollination is so rife now that such tags are almost meaningless. Case in point: Murder He Wrote's latest EP, Stopwatch (out Feb. 26 via Roska Kicks & Snares), bridging the gaps between house, bass music, and funky. Title track "Stopwatch" brings together that infectious funky percussion, a classic house synth melody and a wobbly bassline, all tied together with Maddie Ellerby's smoky, late-night vocals. "I've got kind of a magpie approach to producing," says Murder He Wrote, "in that I'm always on the lookout for ways of recombining sounds and production approaches from different genres into hopefully something more fresh." From what MHW tells us, the B-side, "Lights Up", continues in that vein with "a contrasting but still complimentary vibe of club music, with plenty of light and shade."
