Right from the start of 'Home remedy' Birmingham-based arc vel brings the percussive ruckus in the form of clangs and bangs evoking the polyrhythmic clamouring of gamelan and of the post-west African drums of bebop. It's that perfect kind of repetition; hypnotic and loping and free to go anywhere but lost in a moment. Moments later the track suddenly decides to break free, gliding on breezy synth strings and a chiming bell riff more befitting the artist's description of his music as "Ryuichi Sakamoto & múm gleefully hurling Kim Hiorthøy’s equipment down the stairs".
Urgent, ever-shifting even when standing still and coloured by serenely emotive pastoral hues, arc vel manages to weave more ideas and emotional allusions into this track's adeptly-structured three minutes and twenty-one seconds than many musicians manage in an album.
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