Craig Oram dropped his new two-track EP Work It on Polyptych Limited November 17, and it lands like the clearest snapshot of his current headspace. A decade in, the producer has filtered early experimental detours and psytrance chapters into a focused sweet spot: groove-first techno, proper underground tech house, and indie dance laced with just enough psychedelic shimmer. His productions live in that pocket where percussion carries real weight, melodies sneak up on you, and the low end glues everything together without ever sounding overfed. You can hear the influence of LU4O and CADELAGO in the clean lines and smart spacing, but Oram has long since turned those reference points into something unmistakably his own.
Opening with the title track ‘Work It’, he locks into a rolling, bass-heavy tech-house stride that feels built for warm-ups that stretch into peak time. Sparse melodic flashes drift across the groove, giving DJs room to layer without the track ever feeling empty. The B-side ‘Didn’t Come To Party’ guides the energy into a grittier direction, deeper, almost dubby in its restraint, riding a hypnotic kick-and-bass combo that lets subtle synth pulses do the talking. Two tracks, no fluff, both cut from the same cloth of late-night studio momentum. The EP captures Oram‘s instinct for striding a track’s momentum, drawing on tech house’s foundations but injecting his own rhythmic tweaks from years of experimentation.
Clocking in under fifteen minutes, Work It is short, sharp, and exactly what Oram needed to say right now. Stream it everywhere and keep tabs on his channels—whatever follows is going to be worth the wait.
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