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Japan’s Made In Glitch label turns to relative newcomer Grillo for its latest release. The Italian producer comes with five tracks of wonky, bleepy, 8-bit mayhem that will appeal equally to fans of dubstep’s purple wing and Brainfeeder’s convoluted hip-hop. One listen to his jumped-up din, and you’ll understand immediately why he chose an artist name that translates as “grasshopper.”

MIGREC 12 – Grillo – Claws

Finally out, 9 tracks, free download, get it here!

A bit of old school, a lot of visionary abstract instrumental hiphop, some dubstep references, a bunch of sweet melodic taste mixed with dusty sounds: this is the receipt of a great downbeat album like “Fireworks” and this is how Grillo kicks off his debut match with the Homework Records team!

Matteo shows how the new Italian abstract hiphop movement is active and fresh, winking to old school stuff and watching to contemporary instrumental tendencies at the same time.

“Fireworks” puts together influences by Prefuse 73′s melodic taste, powerful triumphal beat lines and a lot of attractive spoken quotes perfectly cut into the main rhythmic pattern.