Dosh - Naoise EP

Dosh Naoise E.P.
Anticon 2004

Martin Dosh is one of the more left of field operatives in the Anticon sphere (which is already far afield as is) and this EP is a collection of bits from his two previous releases, Dosh and Pure Trash, with some remixes and live cuts thrown in.

Sounding at times like a lo-fi DJ Shadow slumming in a post-rock cabana, and at others like Mike Doughty writing instrumentals by looking for new Casio tones, this is a decent teaser of what Dosh has done, particularly the Cepia remix of the title track, and in the new cut, Epic Struggles. The latter is what would happen if Bobby Hutcherson got his alt-funk groove on, and the former is just his way of introducing the repetitive spaciosuness of Steve Reich to the unsuspecting.

Happy Song for Tadhg is a throwaway that makes one think he was trying to do an electro-organic take on Autechre and failed. Not so happy, yo. Rock it to the next Episode needs to get rid of the inane vocal mantra "boiled alive" and pick up on the squandered theme of Ennio Morricone meets Talk Talk.