Fancy Touch Riddim – Fat Bird Recordings

Landing in Fat Bird Recordings’ 2019 catalog, Fancy Touch Riddim is a compact four-track set that keeps the focus on Dub Troubles, who handles three of the cuts and the dub version itself. Harny Roots joins him on “Babylon Trap, ” while Yugo Taguchi steps in on “Don’t Pressure Me, ” giving the riddim just enough vocal variation without pulling it away from the producer’s center. The music sits in a warm, rootsy pocket, with a steady skank, thick low end, and enough space in the arrangement for the drum and bass to breathe. It’s the kind of juggling where the vocal versions and the dub are meant to be heard together, and the closing “Fancy Touch Riddim Dub” underlines that with a stripped, weightier final pass.