Review: After a great first release from NonniMal, Icelandic label Lahar is back with a new drop from Den Nard Husher, who was also recently spotted on US label Strobelight Network. The project is a collaboration between Octal Industries and Vector, and finds the pair conjuring up a limber strain of techno with industrial tones and textures but a more springy execution that makes it sound undeniably fresh. "Vector" is especially strong in this regard, while "Februar" juggles a smart array of wriggling rhythmic elements to create a highly technical club track with sound design and FX to get synapses firing all over the joint.
Review: Icelandic label Lahar debuts with this highly impressive release from NonniMal, who was previously spotted dropping the classy 'Freyja' 12' on AE Recordings back in 2016. Sound design is the order of the day on 'Eitt' as a beautifully rendered set of percussive bell notes chime around a minimal rhythm section - a piece pointedly geared towards transcendence. 'Tvo' has an intriguing slant to its groove, as the sharply oscillating synth wobble juts out against the grain of the drums. 'Thrju' takes things in a bleak but captivating direction, while 'Fjogur' cools the record down in a cloud of blissful, frostbitten ambience.
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