Aggressive Machine - (4:41) 129 BPM
Utilize Me - (4:35) 129 BPM
Utilize Me (Dynamik Bass System remix) - (3:52) 133 BPM
Munich Music Making Machines - (6:10) 130 BPM
Munich Music Making Machines (TecRoc remix) - (6:02)
130 BPM Beat Terrorist - (5:22) 128 BPM
Review: Utilize Me is the debut release for Munich electro producer Thomas Kress, who, clearly inspired by the likes of Drexciya and Cybotron, delivers an EP of pulsating arpeggios, buzz-saw synths and Optimus Prime vocals - heard best on the title track and remix by Robotmachine boss Dynamik Bass System. Paying homage to his home town, "Munich Making Machine" is as creepy and interstellar as it is beat down and funked-up. After 10 years of not releasing music TecRoc enigmatically reappears to remix the track, replacing lo-fidelity sonics with a harder dynamic tension. "Beat Terrorist" bleeps like a '90s techno track that's somehow slipped through the cracks into the pop charts, while flickered 808 drums and grimey, pulsing synths make up "Aggressive Machine".