Various Artists Fabric 19: Andrew Weatherall

• Words: Selena Hsu
• Label: Fabric
• XLR8R Rating: /10

Weatherall goes light on the bass and gets, well, acidic, on the Fabric series‘ latest bouncy techno venture, a quirky but strong zinc rope of a set that links the snotty, lustful electro of Sexual Harassment‘s "I Need a Freak" to tweakier tech depths, and then brings things back to the surface with Steve Bug‘s "That Kid," a track that rocks back and forth on its heels. Weatherall zips from record to record with a swift and admirable economy, and what you end up with is a mix that‘s a fleet-footed, dizzy game of hopscotch.