Right from the dragging head-trip opening of ‘Rainbow Flags’, this a declaration of intent that takes you right back to the halcyon era of techno’s acid-geared sonic power. The view that ‘you gotta be off yer head to listen to this’ will act as a barrier for many, but everyone who gets over that hurdle are guaranteed a mind-blowing, jaw-dropping treat.
Not least because it takes you back…Minimalist and sparse-sounding, it may be, but it’s also multi-dimensional and near-impossible not to feel the emotions that melt and pulsate within the seemingly empty framework.
As a sonic experience alone, it’s weird as hell.
‘Polychords’ boasts a 4/4 beat like a shopping trolley/wire cage noise, but the sliding aural shifts creak and whirr as the sonic stakes are suddenly upped. ‘Mister Mouth’ comes in guttural sonic bursts, before the pulse squeaks and kicks against the stop-start structure. It’s all guaranteed to widen the temples and submerge the mind in a vortex.
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The title track sticks out, not least because of it’s outrageous length – an epic 24 minutes and 8 seconds of dizzying electronica that’s multidimensional and near-symphonic.
This is not the end though. A hidden track follows, dark and intense, like an old HartHouse cut, a masterclass in randomised sonic attack strategy. ‘Supreme Balloon’ is not only interesting, but could well be the anthem for the forthcoming magic mushroom season. Brilliant.
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