SECURE SHOPPING
Canadian duo and former Juno Plus interviewees Orphx provide their fourth EP for Adam X’s Sonic Groove label, and in the process muddy the waters. Preceding releases on the label saw Richard Oddie and Christie Sealey extricate themselves from their industrial approach and focus instead on their own vision - and a bleak one at that – of club techno. On this occasion however, the lines are blurred. “Cut Through” does have the same kind of cold, detached bleeps that made “Black Light” such a malevolently addictive listen, but they unfold over a broken beat and razor sharp percussion. The key difference becomes clear as the track progresses; while the other EPs had a clean, austere sound, the introduction of a murderous, distorted bassline on “Through” makes it messier, more abrasive and like a halfway house between the Sonic Groove releases and their work for Hands.
