Scissor Kick

Third Space is the pseudonym of producer and Nice Setting label head
Matt Sabbadini. Venturing away from the club ready sounds of 2021’s
Pattern of Spring (Pure Space), Scissor Kick delivers careful
introspection, experimentation, and rich conceptual development. The
beatless interludes and expansive sound worlds that stuck out their
heads on earlier releases are embraced in full here. It’s
claustrophobic, but space is found in the right areas; tension and
release to the nth degree, never becoming a trope. Percussion remains,
but slowed to a crawl.
The release calls on memories of Ambarchi’s Oystered (as well as
Grapes from the Estate) and the clicks and hums of Pan Sonic, but it’s
the moments beyond its influences that allow Scissor Kick to shine.

The areas where intimacy is pushed through field recordings, scattered
percussion (in part courtesy of R. Rebeiro), and subtle reminders of
Sabbadini’s club expertise, are the moments where this record stands
its own solid ground.
What was foggy red-roomed speaker stacks has given way to arctic
tundra, vast expanse, acid rain.
Lost icebergs off the arctic, hollowed out memory, an acerbic embrace.
Layer up.

Tracklisting:

A1 Roulette 3:58
A2 Clearing 4:43
A3 USI Panned/Resonated 2:45
A4 Willsmere Part 1 4:18
A5 Bakehouse 30/6 4:42
B1 iamantina 6:00
B2 Willsmere Part 2 5:07
B3 Tunneling 6:20
B4 7/8 Scissor Kick 5:16