Two scintillating slabs of sonic sorcery from eddie zarook and casio casino to fuel the engines of the gumption express and help us push on into the night… anyone who picked up last year’s ‘double whammy’ halluzengenic/the gap will know what these guys are all about - tough, uncompromising grooves coupled with dexterity and original thought. first up, 6ft under is a blurry-eyed musical vision which perfectly captures that moment during the night when people start to go missing in action. subtle atmospheric layers, phasing percussion loops, subliminal vocal samples and a clunking drumpattern initially disorientate before giving way to a killer bass riff that will catapult any dancefloor worth its salt towards nirvana. it’s a deep, psychedelic experience - rich in both texture and colour - that abandons the rather staid, formulaic conventions of many modern productions in favour of a free-flowing, open arrangement scoring highly on both style and content in the process. whereas 6ft under comes on a bit like jackie chan in the drunken master, was is more bruce lee in enter the dragon and packs a real one-inch punch. once again every sound has been nurtured to its fullest potential and is perfectly positioned within the architecture of the track. the growling bassline stalks up and down nervously as if caged behind the beats, before being temporarily sedated by a contemplative yet infectious breakdown. then, just as the crowd have been lulled into a false sense of security, the original groove suddenly escapes its chains and hammers back in, unleashing its full power without sacrificing the precision that makes it so deadly. both cuts are long, deceptively complex grooves in the style that gumption fans should now be accustomed to - part house, part techno, all heart.