Review: Like Petar Dundov, John Tejada is one of the few techno producers capable of making trancey music that never sounds cheesy. However, The Predicting Machine starts with a surprise, namely the pared back, acid-soaked minimalism of "Orbiter", before it launches into the irresistible melodies and lithe break beats of "A Familiar Mood" and the sugar-sweet hooks of "An Ounce of Perception". It's not all upbeat melodies though and both "Winter Skies" and the beatless "Radio Channel" are decidedly melancholic, in particular the gloomy textures on the latter track. Despite this, it is impossible to avoid his intuitive sense of melody and both "Glaringly Happy" and "When All Around is Madness" are classic Tejada tracks, albeit ones that pass through a filter that includes Plaid and 90s intelligent techno at its sweetest.
