Cousin - Wake The Town

Cousin
Wake The Town
Moonshoe Records
Australia, 2025
12"

One of the standout electronic releases of 2025. This hits the dub techno sweet spot for me. You get that totally immersive depth and weight, but it’s leavened with a little playfulness & groove as opposed to pure-driven-snow austerity. Vibrant little shoots and bulbs unfurling everywhere on this one.


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FROM THE LABEL:

Back with the debut full length disc on Cousin’s own Moonshoe records. Forgoing EP/LP constraints and sitting simultaneously pretty in both zones.

“Wake The Town” summons 6 spaces of varied pace that step off the un-beaten track. Each movement casts shadows in unseen shapes across its cratered plains, luring you deeper in.

 Ethereal harmonics whisper secrets as they float over rolling low end hypnotisms. As it’s told, ebbing and flowing, feeling both intimate and vast. Sometimes secrets are best left untold, but if you listen up here, that’s not the case.