Beat Spacek is the latest project from Steve Spacek (AKA Steve White), a British vocalist and producer with a thoroughly futurist bent. The J.Dilla collaborator's latest album for longtime label Ninja Tune, Modern Streets, is framed against 1980s South East London—where White grew up with his brother, the drum and bass producer dBridge. (Yup, it runs in the family.) It was during that era that White discovered Flim-Flams, a club where punks and skinheads danced alongside soul heads and New Romantics. The cultural melting pot of Flim-Flams left an indelible impression on White, whose latest album weaves electronic elements with new wave, post-punk, and even Ghanian highlife music. But even with its historical bent, Modern Streets is a thoroughly modern production—it was made entirely with iPad and iPhone apps. The title track is a dark and gritty affair, with White narrating a Friday night out in the city over a dubby, droning bass. Bundle up and sink into it above.Modern Streets will be released on January 26, 2015 via Ninja Tune @MichelleLhooq
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