Dip Friso - Dip Friso

More of that blessed lysergic sonic manipulation from Glasgow's Dip Friso (aka Murray Collier) and just whisper it, perhaps his best to date. There's a very contemporary muse at play here, striking a balance between the junkshop universe of Mica Levi, tape spool plundering and a kind of weird 'n' eerie approach to post-NTS sonic exploration. It hits a high note straight out the gate with 'I'll Get To Hiding', a seasick dub misshape featuring the dream-bent croon of Still House Plant's Jess HK that makes the best of both artist's finer points. Elsewhere we're treated to warped blues miniatures, time-dilated electronics and a take on cratedigging that implies a 12th Isle influenced update on DJ Food or The Books. You've heard stuff like this before - which is kinda the point of collage, right? - but Collier has such an instinctive ear for both atmosphere and a hook (be that a bass line, texture, or melodic motif) that it never feels anything other than fresh. Five albums in and on an upward curve. Collier's a real one.