Michael J. Blood is an ultra-mysterious electronic producer who started releasing music in 2019. He collaborates with Rat Heart, a.k.a. Tom Boogizm, so maybe he resides in the same Manchester area. After four cassettes, Blood’s debut album As Is was released in 2022. His music a tribute to late night sleaze, sophisticated or less so, he mixes up red-eyed studio abstraction, slompy Dilla-esque beats, synth-funk vamps and mutant ghetto-tech, jit, and/or juke with a charming, jazz loucheness. Blood stands for dancefloor eclecticism done fast, glacially and gracefully, raw and soulful, soft and hard-hitting.