Dj Sueme is the moniker of Phil Subhead (Right) initially used as a retort to someone he was in debt to before setting off for Japan. Around 1995 he was involved in running the legendary Growth parties in and around Shoreditch, London - held in warehouses cinemas, even a submarine (Usually used for business lunches, it was blagged on the basis of a record signing for future electronic jazz music). Guests included future sound of London, surgeon & Regis, Si Begg and Cristian Vogel - and even respected producers such as James Ruskin would turn up in the off chance they could play. Taking inspiration from Neil Landstrumm, Hawtin and Autechre, Phil, with his Growth partner Jason, started making music in a friend’s studio. Releasing mainly on their own subhead label, they have branched out in other musical directions with sub labels Dotcom, fix and 2CB – all containing great releases in their own right.


However, I don’t know what was done differently with this track, as for me, it is much better realised, and written with a level of detail which I find missing in a lot of their subhead releases. Brilliantly, it contains one of the oldest oldest chord sequences in the book, beautifully sneaking in and bringing sense to it all. Blink and you’ll miss it - amazing, subtle (well in this genre anyway) and well worth a listen (or two!).

Both are still playing live around Europe and are well worth checking out.

Shot in the knee

peep ep // dotcom 004

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