Review: Tronik Youth's Nein label bring us the debut EP (we think!) from the mysterious Slum 159, a producer with seemingly no online presence at all. In this case he really can afford to "let the music do the talking", though, because if you're a fan of darker disco styles influenced by EBM and electro you'll find much to enjoy here. 'Decade' itself is a fairly unremarkable throbber with a woodwind-like synth sound taking the lead - From Beyond's beefier remix works better, to these ears. But 'Plastic', with its air of 80s sleaze and menace, is really quite distinctive sounding, and Los Fugazzi's moody, prog-tinged refix is a killer.
Ball Trap (Andres Komatsu Another World remix) - (5:20) 106 BPM
Review: Laurent Audouin has spent much of the last 30 years as a bass player for hire, though earlier in the decade he launched a solo career of sorts by contributing tracks to a handful of compilations as Black Boiler. Here he delivers his debut single for disco drug-chug specialists Nein. "Ball Trap" is a heavily electronic throb-job, with the French producer successfully updating the Italo-disco template for the 21st century via razor-sharp high-end melodies, bustling synth-bass and some suitably spacey effects. Andres Komatsku provides the accompanying remix, dipping the tempo while adding a more foreboding feel and bleeping synthesizer motifs, while Audouin's bonus cut "Le Congre" is a trance-inducing affair that reminded us of late 80s Belgian new beat.
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