Review: Japanese-Austrian producer Ken Hayakawa is a bit of a veteran when it comes to glitch-ready, minimalistic house and techno, ever expanding and evolving his sound through deep, dreamy harmonics. While he's released on a wide range of labels, he makes his debut here for Audiomatique, kicking off with the cerebral, progressive aesthetics of "Ronald", the sort of club banger for the early hours. "Pennywise" is similarly progressive in its movement, blending ethereal sounds with distorted bass frequencies, but the mood is more energetic here, redy and shaped up for pure dancefloor murder.
Review: Spirit is the latest in a series of collaborations between this Berlin duo on Steve Bug's Audiomatique - and it further cements their tripped out party sound. "Jane's Addiction" has nothing to do with the storied band of the same name and instead serves up a dubby rhythm and trance hooks that are held together by hissing, rasping percussive licks. The title track offers a slightly more restrained take on the duo's sound, with detached vocals underpinned by heavy bass tones, but soon enough, the pair return to their playful, tripped out approach as the spacey chords and squelchy acid of "Ion" demonstrate.
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