At 84 BPM and eight and a half minutes, 'Cetaceans' is the track that best reveals what Dub Puffin is really up to: the tag says breaks and UK bass, but what breathes here is slow-release psydub. Behind the project is Björn Alexandridis, an Icelandic-Greek artist producing since 2011 —formerly as Deep in Mind— who launched this alias in 2023, with a stop at Ozora 2025 along the way. In D minor and in no hurry to resolve, 'Cetaceans' fits the way the Athens-based label Mystic Sound describes this material: swirling psydub, meditative vibes and ethereal female vocals drifting over the textures.
'Everybody's Weird', the centre of gravity
Ten minutes and three seconds at 139 BPM: the longest cut of the set is also its most ambitious, and one of the two —alongside 'The Lost Charango'— co-signed with Neurospacey, the only guest. Length becomes an argument here: the A minor holds steady while the glitchy elements and cartoonish flourishes the label itself claims move in and out in layers, without the track ever losing its pulse. 'The Lost Charango' compresses the same partnership into a tenser six and a half minutes: 140 BPM against 139, same key, different character.
The perfect counterpoint is 'Little Sand Creatures': two minutes and forty-eight seconds at 144 BPM, at once the shortest and the fastest of the nine. In a set where no other title dips below five minutes, this A minor miniature works like a sketch that bows out before wearing thin. These nine cuts in fact make up 'Dune', Dub Puffin's full-length for Mystic Sound, mastered by Edward Cybered; heard through these three pieces, it becomes clear that Alexandridis thinks in scenes rather than singles: every duration is a decision, and the best ones take their time.
Sources: Mystic Sound · Dub Puffin