This is a release by two of the most interesting Italian techno producers, following on from their 2012 release A Sad Wandering Dreamer Trapped In Contemporary Memory Architectures which I reviewed for Trebuchet. Here the work is not quite as widescreen in its approach but more focussed.
Industrial Assaults is a rather deceptive title for a typically lenghty Gigli/Obtane track with a chugging bassline accompanied by mournful drones. The mood it creates is akin to some of the atmosphere of darker Plastikman tracks of the late 1990s, but it's a little colder and more formal than its predecessors.
The Rrose Remix also has a trace of Plastikman's Consumed era sound, but is more dancefloor-oriented and less bleak. Ascending and descending sequences are tightly filtered and tweaked becoming increasingly acidic as the track develops. The remix isn't quite typical of either remixer or artists and delivers something unexpected and satisfying.
Surprisingly, it's on the functionally-titled final track Ambient Drama where the two old collaborators' formula works most effectively. It's bleak yet anthemic, based around a slow but resolute bassline that pushes it forward, a great track for starting or finishing a mix and highly immersive on headphones or at high volume.
Thursday 7 November 2013
Saturday 2 November 2013
Slovak Techno set at Mor Ho!, Red Gallery, Shoreditch, November 8th.
By
the end of the 1990s European techno had moved from the underground
to the mass market and a certain blandness was setting in. Techno DJs
and listeners were starting to search for more radical and intense
sounds. It was just at this point that rumours began to emerge of a
club in a nuclear bunker in Slovakia where they played some of the
hardest and most industrial techno yet heard. The club was
Bratislava's U Club (now the Sub Club) and it would become the
nucleus of a small but influential scene.Codex Europa's Slovnaft Mix
is a celebration of the energy and dynamism of the Slovak techno
scene and an attempt to re-construct the legendary U Club atmosphere
in London. The mix will showcase the work of Slovak producers such as
DJ Boss, Olga + Jozef, Loktibrada, Rumenige and more, plus remixes
from their international allies. 90 minutes of some of the most
rigorous, mechanical, brutal and unrelenting techno ever produced...
LINE-UP:
Helm
(UK)
Bios
(SK)
Ink
Midget (SK)
Shibuya
Motors feat. Ddkern (SK/AT)
Codex
Europa (UK)
VJ-ING
AND SITE-SPECIFIC ART by Mikaela Lilhops
£7
pre-sale /£9 on the door drinks: BYOB
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