Raffertie - Mass Appeal

Raffertie - Mass AppealContextually, the Mass Appeal EP fits neatly as a natural successor to Rafferties most recent release, the critically acclaimed Visual Acuity EP. This time its more about the subtlety of groove and patchworks of sonic colour, rather than out and out dancefloor madness. The dexterity of its musical content, like that of VA, reveals itself in the elastic manipulation of its rhythms and timbres. From the burrowing focal clarity of the epic One Track Mind

After finishing work on his soundtrack to the video game 'Splinter Cell'

‘Drop Audio’

it’s not strictly a dance record — instead

He got his hands on a bus and started putting word out through a network of like-minded friends and acquaintances

with and its iconic Joe Wilson-directed video

his show on BBC Radio 1 / 1Xtra or his forthcoming TV projects

“I met Hannah Cottrell

raw arrangements augmented by strings

but thoroughly enjoyable blend of jazz and off kilter electronics

The album title explained (sort of)

funk and everything in between

Fascinated by the idea of a non-existent soloist