I met ENAY at the recent London Netlabel Festival, and he kindly sent me a link to his most recent EP, Norbury I. It’s a short and sweet 5 track EP, containing instrumental tracks that are mainly electronica but also include some particularly well-placed guitar playing.
The first track, Gateway, includes a good mix of synths, guitars and piano, and some nicely programmed drums. Most of the tracks on Norbury have drums akin to Selected Ambient Works by Aphex Twin; but this is by no means a criticism. ENAY keeps the drums simple and clean, with enough variation to keep things feeling natural and alive. The second track, In the depths of house, demonstrates this perfectly.
Onehandroll feels more accomplished, musically, and feels like the peak of the EP. The drums are like drum and bass this time, and this suits the guitars particularly well. This is partially achieved through the production and composition, and again, ENAY keeps thing simple and too the point. High on delay has some excellent programming again through liberally applied snare rushes and epic basslines.
The archive.org page states that the author is looking for a label for this, so I suggest one of you netlabel owners seek him out!