Review: On The Life You Want, Knox creates a wild amalgamation of sounds and styles, staying refreshingly out of touch with prevailing fads without sounding contrived or convoluted. "Creating Yourself" centres on thunderous drums and heavy claps, followed into infinity by outer space blips and bleeps, like a comet's tailgate. "Solitude" is even more inventive; like the original speed garage DJs, it pitches up Todd Edwards' beats to a dizzying pace but inexplicably adds in a buzzing bass and dreamy, crystalline synths. By contrast, "Hidden Meaning" is almost conventional, but its deep melodies and hyperactive, jerky rhythms sounding like Detroit techno at its most pacey.
Review: When he emerged at the start of the noughties, Diego - he only used his first name - made a name with his melodic yet powerful club techno. It seems that while some trends and styles have come and gone, not much has changed in Hostettler's world. "Chords of the Past" is a dramatic rolling groove, its filtered chords leading into a series of breakdowns. "The Deep Legacy" follows a similar approach, albeit in a more psychedelic, wigged out fashion, while "Jack To The Sound Of The Underground" sees him diversifying as chord-heavy breakdown give way to a grainy, bleepy workout. The piano-led, atmospheric D Knox take on "Voyage" completes this timeless package.
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