LOTEK

“This is something special… the future of British Hip Hop” The Sun, UK

“Melding tradition with modern production ethics, subtle invention, theatrical drama and bass savvy booms to penetrate your being.” DJ Magazine, UK

“Adventure into leftfield, futuristic hip hop, complete with spine-chilling electronic melodies and otherworldly sci-fi bleeps, Creative hip hop at its best.” New Nation, UK

“An emcee in his own right, Lotek’s beats blend in well and accommodate Speech’s voice to a metronomic tee. He has the ability to drive assurance and adrenaline into quiet keys and soft trebles. Lotek’s biggest skill though, is in his pacing – he doesn’t just make a beat, he produces for an artist and you can tell in how the instrumentals never upstage the MC, but instead seem tailor-made for Debelle’s understated flow and miniature-rist approach to putting pen to pad.” Speakerbox, RSA

“Lotek deploys everything from Afrobeat guitar lines to trumpet solos to new-agey bell tones, providing texture without upstaging Debelle’s low-resting-pulse cadence.” Pitchfork.com

“What’s more, the music on her debut, craftily produced in the main by Wayne Lotek, is acoustic, jazz-inspired and, on songs like Spinning, quite beautiful; not something that can be said too often about debut UK hip-hop albums.” The Guardian, UK

“The production is akin to a musical kaleidoscope featuring everything from acoustic guitars to orchestral strings to jazzy drums to upbeat brass.” Popmatters.com

“The production is like Herbie Hancock and Buddy Rich had a kid and force-fed it a steady diet of José González and 9th wonder. Each beat is jazzy and tight, but still maintains an essential bit of free form to let Debelle’s cascading rhymes wander.” Adequacy.net