Automatic Tasty - The Future Is Not What It Used To Be by CPU RECORDS published on 2020-09-19T13:34:36Z Automatic Tasty (Jonny Dillon) has been away from Central Processing Unit for five years now, releasing on labels such as AC Records and Furthur Electronix in the intervening time. However, new EP The Future Is Not What It Used To Be shows that the chemistry between label and artist is still in good nick by offering up four tracks of contemplative electro-boogie. While the preceding CPU/Automatic Tasty drop may be 2015’s The Life Parochial, The Future Is Not What It Used To Be actually has more in common with Sentimentalist’s Choice, Automatic Tasty’s CPU debut which came out back in 2013. This is not due to a huge stylistic shift - all three records bring together classic electro, techno and boogie sounds to create charming and melodious tracks - but more to do with the tone of the record. You see, while The Life Parochial was a squelchy machine-funk delight, The Future Is Not What It Used To Be is a more pensive affair befitting its title. This isn’t to say that The Future Is Not What It Used To Be is a muted EP. Far from it - this record contains some of the most gorgeous electro joints you’ll hear all year. The vibe is established on its eponymous opening jam, a vocoder-laced production pitched somewhere between the more ruminative tunes on Posthuman’s 2018 LP Mutant City Acid and contemporary boogie acts such as Funkineven/Steven Julien and Galaxians. The track is made by the beautiful, bittersweet timbre of its synths, and these are maintained on following number ’Romance In The Old Country’. Given the offbeat skip in its groove and sunset-glow ruefulness of the keys, ’Romance In The Old Country’ is a cut which invokes the instrumentals of Jessy Lanza LPs - and even (whisper it) a little Sade. The Future Is Not What It Used To Be is an EP of evocative track titles, but there may be none more accurate than first B-side ‘Rising Sun’. Here, Automatic Tasty tweaks the wistfulness of the A-side cuts into something more uplifting. While a thoughtful quality remains in ‘Rising Sun’s soft synths and skittering 808s, the track is driven by the exuberant energy of the ‘Woo! Yeah!’ drum break to become the sort of tune you drop as dawn begins to break over the rave. ‘Rising Sun’s afterglow falls over the closing track ‘Adventures In The World Of Becoming’, a steady IDM-electro pulse that channels the spirit of Aphex Twin’s seminal Selected Ambient Works 85-92. ‘The future is not what it used to be - no past, no memory’. With this robo-voiced intonation, Automatic Tasty returns to Sheffield’s Central Processing Unit with four moving, poignant machine-funk tracks. RIYL: Funkineven/Steven Julien, Posthuman, Jessy Lanza, Shanti Celeste, Selected Ambient Works 85-92 Genre Electronic Comment by Gustav Krass <3 2022-01-30T08:49:38Z Comment by joseph berthe ! 2021-04-24T10:11:25Z Comment by PocketLipps This is the one. 2020-11-18T22:45:46Z Comment by jezgomez Should u-ziq to the RYIL 2020-11-10T15:40:28Z Comment by Black Eyes Lush 2020-11-07T19:25:32Z Comment by NIKILIZM !! 2020-11-05T08:44:04Z Comment by Crozier Dying for this ep 2020-10-19T11:59:35Z Comment by bubs ❤ 2020-09-30T22:08:13Z Comment by Alphonso Bones Need to get a hold of this 2020-09-30T21:05:16Z Comment by Åyusp Cool! Gxx 2020-09-27T16:10:59Z Comment by Dima Yurchenko so cool 2020-09-24T21:53:08Z Comment by user1856211 this is mint 2020-09-24T15:39:35Z Comment by Berlin Sensation I really like it keep it up 2020-09-24T07:35:55Z Comment by Shafeeque Khan Previously known as Eye Contact. Listened to this many many times. 2020-09-23T01:23:38Z Comment by Pembls/Soap really tasty! 2020-09-21T07:58:03Z Comment by Fede Lng 🍇🍇🍇 2020-09-20T10:04:23Z Comment by CPU RECORDS Adventures In The World Of Becoming 2020-09-19T13:38:53Z Comment by CPU RECORDS Rising Sun 2020-09-19T13:38:14Z Comment by CPU RECORDS Romance In The Old Country 2020-09-19T13:37:57Z Comment by CPU RECORDS The Future Is Not What It Used To Be 2020-09-19T13:37:25Z