Review: An all-Spanish affair, this one: Pumuki (David Campos Torres) hails from Madrid and has a musical background spanning techno, minimal and electroclash, while Calystarr (Adrian Pena Sanchez) is a native of Cadiz and cites influences including new beat, Italo, EBM and indie-dance. Such inspiration can clearly be heard on the four tracks that make up the 'Retroiluminate' EP, with the title track sitting on the Italo/techno/prog cusp, 'Close Your Eyes' bringing the mid-80s dark Euro vibes, 'Lucas De Leon' throwing some proto-house drum programming into the mix and 'Corvette' adding guitars and a dose of indie attitude. All four should go down well on floors that like their disco dark, electronic and 80s-leaning.
Review: Spanish producer Adri?n Calystarr comes to James Rod's Golden Soul Records with an EP that packs two tracks of dark, electronic disco. 'Night Rules' itself is up first, a moody, midtempo affair that's got an almost new beat-ish feel, with shakers, sci-fi synths and disembodied fragments of barely-there vox sitting atop its incessant bass chug and driving 4/4 kick. 'Acid Monster' is similar in MO but picks up the pace a little, with the otherworldly synths and whispered vocals now joined by the unmistakeable squelch of the TB-303 and an indecipherable background chant that recalls Paper classic 'The Book'.
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