One/Three

Combining the loose swagger of Detroit hip-hop (Jay Dee, Slum Village, et al.) and the minimal-glitch ethos of modern hybrid-IDM (Chocolate Industries, Schematic, etc.), Dabrye's 'One/Three' is a concise, albeit bizarre, study in abstract hip-hop beatscapes. Already name-checked by Warp's Scott Herren (Prefuse73, Savath and Savalas, etc.) and slated to be a fixture on his new Eastern Developments label, Dabrye is the brainchild of Ghostly's Tadd Mullinix. Coupling his oddball sense of humor with his love for the hip-hop instrumental, Tadd morphs into Dabrye, and grinds out compelling beat cut-ups that are as oddly listenable as some of the skittering R&B symphonies heard on pop radio lately.