Review: Former Optimo [Espacio] studio collaborator Dave Clark has impressed since re-launching his little-known '90s production alias, Sparky, for Numbers. His 2013 doublepack, Portland, has been remixed multiple times, while his recent Tapes release for Rubadub - based on rediscovered recordings from 1994 - has been getting plenty of heat. Here he delivers two new tracks, beginning with the sprightly, synthesizer-heavy Italo-disco-meets-Detroit techno workout "Signals". Full of shimmering synth lines, bubbling bottom end and attractive melodic hooks, it's arguably his most accessible track to date. Then "Tigress", an aggressive, distorted and altogether more robust dancefloor shuffler seemingly influenced by both classic loop techno and '80s industrial funk.
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