Review: Johansson and Fridell are regular collaborators. This partnership has already yielded an album, Skrammel & Bank in 2023, as well as a series of EPs on their Lomsk label. The duo returns to their imprint for this four-tracker. "Digitaliserat Smuts" is a heady, analogue workout that resounds to raw drums and doubled up claps. Fans of 90s techno will find much to love with this driving track. On the even less pronounceable "Halvdant Ombyte", the duo delivers an intense, looped track, where the focus is on insistent, steely percussion and a pulsating bass. "Lokaliserat Nederlag" marks another shift, with the arrangement resounding to ominous chords and a wiry rhythm.
Review: Utterly brain-assaulting techno onslaughtery from the collaborative duo that is Alexander Johansson and Mattias Fridell (Lomsk), debuting this new EP for Blueprint. As ever nailing their conscious decision to make 'playful and mischevious' techno, this one finds sadistic pride in pummelling our ears with womp and repetition, for its own sake. The double-clapping 'Klot' in particular reigns supreme over this EP for its Birmingham-style chord stabs, while the overall pleasing mix of 'Koner' rounds things off on a cuspy, raspy, wally note.
Review: An artist found deep within echelons on techno music through the 2010s you could say Swedish producer Alexander Johansson rose through the ranks alongside the likes of Wata Igarshi, Advanced Human and production-mate Mattias Fridell through his association with Counterpulse. Enjoying something of a renaissance in the 2020s, Alexander Johansson counts the likes of Philippe Petit (Decision Making Theory) and TWR72 (Float Records) his closest allies thanks to the release of Farden, Polymorphism and Bipolar before that. On Polymorphism, Johansson turns in a booming five-track EP done the 2010 way in supplying a bevvy of bangers good enough for the likes of Oscar Mulero, Christian Wunsch and Reeko any day of the week.
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