RANDOM NUMBER/STRAIGHT OUTTA MONGOLIA (split single) "It's Time Honey"/"Raver" (Fencing Flatworm; England) Super sounds from non-dork techno-underground freaks outta Leeds, England. Mark "Random Number" Robson makes with wunnerful hi-glo glitch-hop on the A-side. On the flip, S.O.M. do a home-brewed techno-pop tune that'll make even the most damaged human tap a toe or two; nicely nonchalant vocals too, and funny lyrics. Limited edition of 200.(Eddie Flowers at www.slippytown.com) "Down the other end of the food chain lurks the writhing mass of electronics and synapses that make up the roster of fencing flatworm recordings. Their new split single 'It's Time Honey'/'Raver' has Random Number - onetime Hood drummer and new Rock Action (Mogwai's label) signing - taking his 'northern wrongbeat' in a similarly dark direction to the new Aphex Twin album. Whilst Straight Outta Mongolia sounds like Erasure's Vince Clark being chewed up on an old-style answering machine, and if the 80s revival continues, will be number one by next Christmas." - (review by Abi Bliss. From Leeds Guide January 2002) Random Number's side of the split It's Time Honey/Raver (Fencing Flatworm FFRC 7") is a fast scrambled mess: mounds of beat rapidity colliding with small hanging icicles of sonic detox fluid, and vocals speed mumbled into late night pillows. Straight Outta Mongolia's track combines collapsed (or collapsing?) electronic constructions with fast sonic blasts and a voice that sounds like it comes from a tree. Heard in these small snippets, the music seems like it would be about perfect for some sort of wierd, underage drug party, but I'm so far over-age that it's not funny. (Byron Coley The Wire, March 2002)