Is To Break Them (ambient version) - (5:24) 141 BPM
Review: Mathias Schober runs the fine Lossless label - home to artists like King Britt and the fast-rising Neil Flynn- but has found the time to debut on Optimo Trax. Using just a simple set-up of drums and one synth, Schober creates some distinctive tracks. "In A Certain Way" is a tripped out techno affair, its colourful synth line unravelling against a rolling groove that has similarities to Mathew Jonson. On "But What Rules Are Made For", Schober opts for a different tact and delivers a slow-burning affair drenched in grimy electronic textures. "Is To Break Them" offers his perspective on dub techno, as a cavernous groove plays home to spiralling trance riffs, before an ambient version of the same track brings the release to a close.