
As Basic Soul Unit, Toronto's Stuart Li has earned a reputation as something of a producer's producer. Combining the rough-hewn trackiness of underground techno with hazy atmospherics of deep house (not to mention a healthy pinch of low-end and DFA-style synth wackiness), his releases for labels like New Kanada and Mathematics have shown they can play chameleon in practically any discerning record bag. But 2009, which saw his "Dank" single released by Philpot and his track "Things Pass" included in Ostgut Ton's Panorama Bar 02 EP, scraped away at Li's underground status, raising the bar on his studio [...]