Born into a family of musicians, it’s unsurprising that it’s taken Barcelona’s Cauto no time at all to make his mark on the dub/step & electronic community. With releases on dj/Rupture’s Dutty Artz (on the excellent Dutty Remix Zero release), and Spanish labels Discontinu and Disboot, he’s quickly developing a small, yet impressive, back catalogue that’s about to augmented by a Filastine remix and a second EP for Disboot.

His new, free download release, ‘Despertar’ (tr: ‘to wake up’), kicks into play with a brush of lightly scattered, percussive dubstep, full of tight, angular edits and chopped dub vocals. This type of off-point, beat manipulation is perhaps his signature move, particularly when interplayed with strings and washes. It’s clear that his classical training is liberally deployed, yet meticulously deposited, as if he’s mindful not to suffocate the sense of space around. Taste a sample below, and download the full EP release at disboot.net.

Cauto – Despartar | mp3

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