BAREM NEVER BETTER THAN LATE M59 You may already know Barem (aka Mauricio Barembuem) from his releases on (un)Foundsound, Pariter and Phonocult or from his remixes on Resopal, Mo?s Ferry and Einmaleins. If so you, won?t be surprised in the slightest to find him surfacing on Minus with Never Better Than Late to round off what has been another groundbreaking year for this ubiquitous label. Barem?s sound fits the bill perfectly. Familiar yet with its own distinctive signature, the phat, marauding bass/kick combo on Censored Elephant is already stampeding its way across dancefloors as we speak. A few seconds later and one of Barem?s trademark pitch shifting percussion sequences waxes irresistibly, introducing another take on the dark, subliminal vocal style that has been such a significant Minus motif over the last 12 months (this time with echoes of `Yello? ), fully exploiting the crawl space between the beats. Then They.... is a tough drum ...