Review: Border One returns to SK_Eleven after 2020's Restless. With a focus on lean, club-focused rhythms, Inner Sight is sure to appeal to discerning techno DJs. "Third Vision" is based on a driving rhythm, with Border One layering visceral textures against this backdrop. "Optical Void" ventures down a more hypnotic path. Led by an insistent, nagging groove and rasping percussion, droning synths lend it a tripped-out sensibility. Border One heads in a different direction for "Mind's Eye". Here, dense, swinging drums and a bruising rhythm prevail. Keeping the audience guessing, "Inner Sight" is a tweaked, acidic workout that teems with insistent hi hats.
Review: Border One follows last year's Cyclone release on Token with another killer EP. While there is a focus on the harder end of techno, he still manages to inject a funky sensibility into each track. The title track sees him opt for a lean approach. Powered by a driving minimal rhythm and razor sharp percussion, these elements provide the back drop for Border One to factor in eerie synth textures. "Radiant" has a more esoteric sensibility, with Border One fusing droning textures with a slamming groove. "Transmute" sees him revert to a stripped back approach, with a focus on looped analogue riffs and a driving, insistent rhythm. That focus continues with "Prism" - characterised by a jacking sensibility, its doubled up clap and yelping tones are reminiscent of the Frozen Border/Horizontal Ground sound.
Review: After a succession of releases for Token and Voltage, Border One returns to his own imprint. Morph ploughs a similar furrow as the Frozen Border/Horizontal Ground stable, offering a range of different approaches to the minimal techno sound. On "Altered State" and "Regenerate", it takes the form of angular rhythms and sheet metal percussion. Meanwhile, on the title track, Border One focuses on a more visceral approach, with a buzzsaw bass unravelling over dubby drums. Best of all though is Border One's interpretation of minimal's more esoteric side - as evidenced on the melancholic synths and accompanying rhythmic swagger of "Nocturnal Eye".
Review: Based in Buenos Aires but taking a global view, for its latest release SRIE serves up an excellent, diverse compilation. Jonas Kopp's "Dyslexic" is a nocturnal affair, powered by a raw metallic rhythm and rough kicks, while on "Shadow Weaver", Echelon serves up an equally dystopian take on the form, with eerie riffs unravelling over a spiky rhythm. In stark contrast, there are more understated tracks like Temudo's dubbed out "Out of Place" and the purring bass and hypnotic synths of Linear System's "Applied Physics". There are also some fine abstract tracks included here, with the bleak, gurgling bass of Pulso's "The Outsider" and the dark tones of Translate's "Synaptic Area" really impressing.
Review: Token has traditionally maintained a tightly-knit roster, but on this compilation it welcomes new producers to the fold. Nastia Riegel's "Pray" kick-starts Fuga with dreamy, dubbed-out techno, while Stefan Vincent's "Fever Dream" paints a hypnotic, minimal picture. On "Biomorph", Border One - who is best known for his releases on Wolfskuil - delivers a grimy, bass-heavy groove, while Dold's "My Homework Ate My Dog" and PTTRN's "Contempt/Suggest 6" are the kind of high-paced but intricate techno tracks that the Belgian label has helped to pioneer. Rounding off this fine compilation are the discordant tones of Ribe's "The Cause" and Linkan Ray's bleep-heavy "Introspective Vision".
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