Review: One of the most positive developments of the past few years has been Forward Strategy Group's infiltration of electronic music. Working together under the FSG banner or separately as Bleaching Agent and Patrick Walker, the pair has succeeded in bringing a much-needed dose of 90s-style adventure to techno. Space is no exception; starting off on "Space Wrecks", it sees Walker drop tough tribal beats and relentless filters. "Outpost" and "Leviathan" go harder, powered by shaking percussion and hammering drums. However, Walker is at his most potent when he plays a more understated hand and closing track "Orbits Decay", with its loose drums, lulls listeners into a false sense of security before Walker garrotes them with bursts of cheese-wire percussion.
Review: Forward Strategy Group have been responsible for some of the most visceral techno in recent years. On this occasion, they decide to work separately, but the results are just as devastating. Al 'Smear' Mathews's "Inert" is a jacking track coated with razor blade percussion, its juddering rhythm threatening to decapitate anyone who gets too close. The Retail & Leisure version is just as intense, its droning textures and yelping acid supporting a vocal sample that claims 'we are psychos'. Meanwhile, the other FSG member Patrick Walker adds to the prevailing mood by dropping the stomping beats and mysterious effects of "Phase Linear", while the only esoteric moment occurs on Boex & Miller's spaced out take on "Phase Linear".
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