On How Not To Become The Monsters We Despise with Hedchef

Hedchef returns to Ecke Records with a hefty electro EP featuring Doctor Jeep and Desinformant.

Photo by Amelia Wilhelmsen

Melbourne-based, UK-born Jack Rayner, aka Hedchef, is back on Ecke Records for a 4-track EP, "On How Not To Become The Monsters We Despise," with collaborations and remixes in equal abundance. The release arrives following his first appearance on the label in 2021, where he contributed the electro scorcher "Solid Lobster Exoskeleton" to the Various Artists release "Friends of Ecke Pt.1" (FOE01).

For this first full Hedchef EP on the Ecke Records label, "On How Not To Become The Monsters We Despise," he provides a pumping four-tracker. The opener, "Could We Not Have Asked For A Smaller Void?" is a locked-groove broken beat melter, merging dramatic claps, whirring synth accents, and an insistent, bleepy earworm motif to form an unorthodox yet dancefloor-ready DJ tool.

Next up, Hedchef joins forces with Brazil-born, Melbourne-based Electro scientist Desinformant for the devastating breakbeat slammer "Aiming For Oblivion," complete with disjointed vocal chops, space-age synth work, and unrelenting bass pressure, after which Rayner teams up with New York's notorious BPM cowboy Doctor Jeep. They work together again for "Order Of Magnitude," following the pair's collaborations on the Doctor's "Deep Red EP" on Worst Behaviour Records earlier this year.

"On How Not To Become The Monsters We Despise" continues with Hedchef's "The Presence Of A Gaping Hole," a glitchy broken-beat heater juxtaposed with smooth synth stabs and more signature chopped-up vocals before Ecke Records' own production duo Squallfront turns "Could We Not Have Asked For A Smaller Void?" into a high-energy drum workout and Electro mainstay Hermeth remixes "Aiming For Oblivion" for the closer.

Hedchef - On How Not To Become The Monsters We Despise
Release Date June 2024
Label Ecke Records

Tracklist
01. Hedchef - Could We Not Have Asked For A Smaller Void?
02. Hedchef & Desinformant - Aiming For Oblivion
03. Hedchef & Doctor Jeep - Orders Of Magnitude
04. Hedchef - The Presence Of A Gaping Hole
05. Hedchef - Could We Not Have Asked For A Smaller Void? (Squallfront Remix)
06. Hedchef & Desinformant - Aiming For Oblivion (Hermeth Remix)