On July 15, Glasgow’s Inkke, a.k.a. Russell Patterson, will release his debut EP Secret Palace on LuckyMe, the label associated with fellow Glasgow compatriot Hudson Mohawke. Merging elements of grime, hip-hop, and trap (RIP), Inkke, who has previous releases on Local Action and Astral Black, is putting out a record that slaps as much as O.G. Rustie or Machinedrum, circa 2011.
Starting the EP with a MIDI pan flute melody on “New Day Theme” reminiscent of James Ferraro or Kane West, Patterson, who is coming off a 2015 collaboration with Novelist, quickly rolls through with a solid selection of bangers, such as the club-ready tracks “Chores” and “Tales From The Quick,” just in time to give you that summer feeling, oh my.
Listen to “Tales From The Quick” here:
Secret Palace Tracklisting:
01. New Day Theme
02. Chores
03. Tales From The Quick
04. Sorry
05. Simmer
06. Ghost World