Artist	Andomat3000
Title	Hit Ze
Format	12 Inch
Cat No.	FOUR:056
Tracks	Hit Ze
	Hit Ze (Ruthit Remix)
	Hit Ze (Seulo Remix)
	Hit Ze (Solomun Remix)
	Sigrun

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Four:Twenty’s summer salvo begins with a return from Andomat 3000 to the Bristol imprint with his ‘Hit Ze’ EP backed with remixes from Diynamic man, Solomun, Seulo and rising star Ruthit.

Andomat 3000 aka Andreas Wiegand burst into the global house conciousness in 2006 and via releases on Cadenza, Morris Audio and Four:Twenty managed to influence an army of copycats with his rolling, bassy, jazz inflected house sound. After a short break from original material he’s back and better than ever with ‘Hit Ze’.

In its original form, ‘Hit Ze’ features all of the Andomat 3000 trademarks which make his sound so instantly recognisable; the clipped, heavily shuffled drums, almost-live bass and nagging 1 bar funk aesthetic. Bar a vocal sample drop the arrangement is kept as simple as possible which adds further weight to the looping vibe which has drawn fans such as Luciano, Hawtin, Villalobos as well as attention from bastians of quality journalism like Resident Advisor and LittleWhiteEarbuds.

Mladen Solomun delivers his first remix since his debut LP ‘Dance Baby’ and it’s a typically excellent effort from the Hamburg man. Retaining much of the original but with some carefully added drops, percussive tweaks and an undulating synth lead/bass he makes it very much his own.

After receiving support from Osunlade, Paul Woolford, Motorcitysoul and Stacey Pullen for his recent Four:Twenty single, Seulo (aka Jim Rivers) delivers an equally stellar interpretation of ‘Hit Ze’, all shimmering synths and swinging sub bass. There’s a hugely distinctive rhythm to his remix which makes for infectious listening, so it’s another winner for the relatively new alias.

The final remix comes from Four:Twenty new blood Ruthit and is an incredibly fresh take, marrying dischordant bleeps and keys with gated synths it’s a melody-heavy workout which evokes early 1990’s acid house in fine style.

Rounding the EP off is another original cut which displays a tougher side to Wiegand, ‘Sigrun’. Rumbling bottom end and organic percussion is all that is delivered and all that is needed to provide a suitably hefty closer to well rounded EP.