Binary Diet EP

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1.	DAK (feat. Joe Price) 02:55	info
2.	Binary Diet 03:32	info
3.	Treehouse 05:33	info
4.	Thirst 04:42		buy track

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Their second record, Binary Diet (2019) converges on the palette established on the first release: saxophones, synthesisers and drums go in, Hippo comes out.

The EP opens with DAK, Hippo’s boldest release yet – filthy bass and drums meet distorted sax in a future jazz banger that boils over into pulsing synthy soup. Icing on the cake comes from a balls-to-the-wall finale guitar solo from guest virtuoso Joe Price. The tune emerged from a little piano nugget by Holysseus Fly (Ishmael Ensemble). Following on, the title track Binary Diet throbs with high octane electro-funk energy - unison lines grind under synth sax riffs before giving away into a stomping solo finale. Balance comes through the swirling electro-jazz journey of Treehouse, simmering with gorgeous themes, bubbling electronic arpeggiation, and a spacious saxophone reprise. The EP closes with the dark, pumping Thirst - featured on a
live video earlier in 2019 shot entirely in the Hippo van - drums in the boot, synths in the cab and sax on the roof...

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released November 15, 2019

released November 15th, 2019
Written and Produced by Doug Cave
Recorded by Jim Barr at J&J Studios
Mastered by Luke Burnet-Smith

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Hippo Bristol, UK

Saxophones, synthesisers and drums go in, Hippo comes out.

Beefy electronic jazz.

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