Pfirter At Juno Download

Review: The Stroboscopic Artefacts-affiliated artist drops a functional but memorable techno release. The title track is based on rasping drums, crashing snares and a siren riff that ploughs through the arrangement, getting more intense as it progresses. It sounds like an update of Luke Slater's remix of Joey Beltram's "Forklift", re-imagined at a less frenetic pace. By contrast, the Jonas Kopp and Dimi Angelis & Jeroen Search are less intense and are based on bleepy tones and pulsing basslines. Indeed, the only track that is comparable in intensity is the Developer remix of "The Fall Of The Empire Is Imminent", where the US producer copper-fastens atmospheric textures to stomping beats.

Review: One of the new wave of experimental techno artists to emerge in recent years, Fractales gives vent to Pfirter's ability to mix abstract sounds with an upfront dance floor sensibility. The title track is based on steely drums and thundering claps, but it is also cloaked in swampy, noisy textures. "Induccion A La Hipnosis" opts for a slightly different approach; while Pfirter again focuses on powerful percussion and layered textures, the hypnotic bleeps of Sahko emerge from the sonic soup. "Epistaxis" sees Pfirter go out on a limb; the same droning elements are there, but on this occasion he drapes them over fractured, noisy offbeats.

Review: Pfirter shows two different sides to his musical identity on The Fall of the Empire is Imminent. At one end is the title track, a slamming dubby groove that allows a fist-punching rave riff to gradually insinuate itself into the arrangement. Supported by gravelly percussion, it sounds like the drone techno sound's answer to the classic Luke Slater remix of Joey Beltram's "Forklift". "Multiverse" reveals a radically different side to Pfirter's approach; its textured, atmospheric ambience is both soothing and somewhat eerie. There's also a fine remix of "Multiverse" from Markus Suckut, which retains some of the original track's textures, but situates them against a low-slung rhythm and spiky metallic drums.